Artistic, Digital, and Political Creation in English-Speaking African Countries

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31 janvier 2020

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Études du politique Développement économique Sociologie politique Sciences de l'information Identités culturelles Digital humanities XXIe siècle Afrique subsaharienne creation digital activism heritage art network leapfrogging ICT

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OpenEdition, « Artistic, Digital, and Political Creation in English-Speaking African Countries », Calenda, le calendrier des lettres, des sciences humaines et sociales, ID : 10670/1.r635rv


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French President Emmanuel Macron announced on 3rd July 2018 in Lagos that a Special Season would be organized in France, from June to December 2020, to mark a renewed partnership with Africa, a “varied, strong and diverse continent that will play a part in our shared future”. Even if this cultural focus cannot be abstracted from a broader geopolitical agenda marred by controversial presidential declarations, it nevertheless has the potential to offer a somewhat different coverage of the continent. One can only hope that it avoids the temptation to officially “curate into being” “exceptional” artists (Dovey), tapping into the all-too-familiar image of Africa as “the supreme receptacle of the West’s obsession with, and circular discourse about, the facts of ‘absence,’ ‘lack,’ and ‘non-being,’ of identity and difference” (Mbembe).  

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