Mittwoch, 28. August 2013
New Online Shop
For those who didn't see my Facebook Post, you can now purchase all MuadiKa Products and Item on the new online Shop: http://muadikashop.bigcartel.com/
Please note: The onlineshop is still under construction but you can already order the Item you want.
New Items are coming soooon !
Für die die mein Facebook Post noch nicht egsehen haben, ihr könnt jetzt alle MuadiKa produkte im neuen Onlineshop bestelleeen: http://muadikashop.bigcartel.com/
Der Onlineshop ist zwar noch''under construction'' aber ihr könnt schon reinschauen und bestelle.
Freitag, 23. August 2013
Chimanda Ngozi and her latest Novel ' Americanah'
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on love, race, culture, immigration and hair - some of the central issues in her latest novel Americanah.What she says when she expands on her statement, ‘I like America but it’s not mine…Nigeria is home to me…but I like that I can leave home’, is incredibly central to the experience of those of us who bounce between the diaspora and and the Homeland (in Chimanda's case: nigeria), those of us who are constantly pulled between two very different worlds that can simultaneously feel like home and a foreign place, all at the same time. I kinda have the same feeling, even if i was born and raised here in europe, i still have a strong connection to Kongo. I didn't read her book yet but i look forward to reading it.
Stop trying to save Afrika (excerpt)
''There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one’s cultural superiority.
My mood is dampened every time I attend a benefit whose host runs through a litany of African disasters before presenting a (usually) wealthy, white person, who often proceeds to list the things he or she has done for the poor, starving Africans.
Every time a well-meaning college student speaks of villagers dancing because they were so grateful for her help, I cringe. Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head — because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West’s fantasy of itself.
And not only do such depictions tend to ignore the West’s prominent role in creating many of the unfortunate situations on the continent, they also ignore the incredible work Africans have done and continue to do to fix those problems.''
Artscape: The African Photography (Video)
The New African Photography - Emeka Okereke: Invisible Borders
"100 years ago, photography was a colonial tool…"
"A photography is a window and not the view" - Emeka Okereke
For decades, the camera was used as a tool through which colonial governments and Western photojournalists alike imposed their own views on Africa through the restrictions of 2D imagery, defining Africa without much, if any, input from those whose faces were plastered on postcards, posters, magazines and media platforms across the world.
Profiling a new crop of African photographers using their lens to transform and inspire both change and development, Al Jazeera opens us up to the world of Nigerian photographer Emeka Okereke, founder of Invisible Borders - a organization that gives ‘African artists a space to define Africa for themselves’. In this video, the group travels on their annual roadtrip within Africa, going from Lagos to Kinshasa, as a means of developing young African artists through the lens of photojournalism.
A must-watch journey.
You can also watch the journey of Baudouin Mouanda in Kongo.
''In Congolese Dreams , we follow Mouanda as he works on his latest project, The Dream. Through this project, he explores beauty in unlikely places -- by asking women to pose in the same white wedding dress in different locations - from rubbish dumps to crowded trains.''
Source: Al jazeera
Donnerstag, 22. August 2013
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