Author: Rob Perrée
Afriques Capitales: contemporary African art in Paris
Another exhibition on contemporary African art of Simon Njami. He is known as the curator of Africa Remix (2005), the first African Art Fair (2008) in Johannesburg, The Divine Comedy (2014) in Frankfurt and the Dak’Art of last year in Senegal.
Rob Perrée reports from Paris.
Jamal Joseph, director of Chapter & Verse
The film is both about identity and race. From a black man getting out of prison to a black man living the white house as president, American society forces you to live with a double consciousness of being black in a country that oppresses people of color.
