In Bemba, Bakashimika means storytellers. It is an apt name for a photography festival built on a simple but powerful question: What does Zambian photography actually look like? The idea began as a conversation among photographers and cultural thinkers who noticed something curious. When searching “Zambian photography” online, the results were overwhelmingly dominated by wildlife imagery,ContinueContinue reading “Bakashimika: Storytellers Reframing Zambia’s Visual Identity”
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The Current State of Contemporary African Art
Contemporary African art is having a moment but not the loud, flashy kind people expect. It’s quieter, sharper, and far more intentional than the headlines suggest. This is not a continent “emerging” artistically. It is a continent reclaiming narrative control after decades of being interpreted by everyone else. For a long time, African art was boxedContinueContinue reading “The Current State of Contemporary African Art”