Title & Author:

A world in common : contemporary African photography / edited by Osei Bonsu ; [contributions by] Nomusa Makhabu, Jennifer Bajorek, Emmanuel Iduma, Sandrine Colard.

Publication:

London : Tate Publishing, 2023.
New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Abrams
©2023

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Catherine Wood -- Thinking the world from Africa : photography as history-making / Osei Bonsu -- 'Yeyegazi yeyamanzi' : performance and sacrifice / Nomusa Makhubu -- Studio portraiture and the postcolonial archive / Jennifer Bajorek -- Transitions : a commentary on cities / Emmanuel Iduma -- Three Congolese latitudes in a changing climate : Sammy Baloji, Léonard Pongo and Kiripi Katembo / Sandrine Colard -- Identity and tradition -- Queens, kings and gods / George Osodi ; Zohra Opoku ; Kudzanai Chiurai -- Spiritual worlds / Khadija Saye ; Rotimi Fani-Kayode ; Maïmouna Guerresi ; Em´kal Eyongakpa -- Worrying the mask / Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou ; Edson Chagas ; Wura-Natasha Ogunji ; Zina Saro-Wiwa -- Counter-histories -- Family portrait / Sabelo Mlangeni ; Lebohang Kganye ; Kelani Abass ; James Barnor ; Lazhar Mansouri ; Hassan Hajjaj ; Ruth Ginika Ossai ; Atong Atem ; Santu Mofokeng -- The living archive / Ndidi Dike ; Malala Andrialavidrazana ; Sammy Baloji ; Samson Kambalu ; Délio Jasse -- Imagined futures -- Urban transitions / François-Xavier Gbré ; Andrew Esiebo ; Kiluanji Kia Henda ; Kiripi Katembo -- A world in common / Fabrice Monteiro ; Mário Macilau ; Aïda Muluneh ; Léonard Pongo ; Cristina de Middel ; Dawit L. Petros ; Julianknxx -- Notes -- Exhibited works -- Credits -- Index.
Photographers: Kelani Abass; Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou; Malala Andrialavidrazana; Atong Atem; Sammy Baloji; James Barnor; Edson Chagas; Kudzanai Chiurai; Ndidi Dike; Andrew Esiebo; Em'kal Eyongakpa; Rotimi Fani-Kayode; François-Xavier Gbré; Maïmouna Guerresi; Hassan Hajjaj; Délio Jasse; Julianknxx; Samson Kambalu; Kiripi Katembo; Lebohang Kganye; Kiluanji Kia Henda; Mário Macilau; Lazhar Mansouri; Cristina de Middel; Sabelo Mlangeni; Santu Mofokeng; Fabrice Monteiro; Aïda Muluneh; Wura-Natasha Ogunji; Zohra Opoku; George Osodi; Ruth Ginika Ossai; Dawit L. Petros; Léonard Pongo; Zina Saro-Wiwa; Khadija Saye.

Exhibitions:

Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Modern, 6 July 2023-14 January 2024.

Summary:

"Since the invention of photography in the nineteenth century, Africa has been defined largely by Western images of its cultures and traditions. From the colonial carte de visite and ethnographic archive to the rise of studio portraiture and social documents of racial surveillance, the fraught relationship between Africa and the photographic lens has become inseparable from the discourses of post-colonialism. Challenging these dominant images of exoticism and otherness, this book illustrates how photography has allowed artists to reimagine African histories through the lens of the present, to shape our understanding of the contemporary realities we face. Bringing together a diverse range of artists and thinkers to present varied perspectives on issues such as cultural heritage and restitution, spirituality, urbanism and climate change, it reveals how innovative contemporary photography challenges perceptions of history, culture and identity" -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781849768528 (hardback)
1849768528 (hardback)
9781849768511 (paperback)
184976851X (paperback)

Subject:

Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Africans Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Africains Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
PHOTOGRAPHY / General.
Africa Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Afrique Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Africa

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
photobooks.
Exhibition, pictorial works
Exhibition catalogs.
Photobooks.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Bonsu, Osei (Curator), editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Makhubu, Nomusa, 1984- writer of supplementary textual content.
Bajorek, Jennifer, writer of supplementary textual content.
Iduma, Emmanuel, writer of supplementary textual content.
Colard, Sandrine, writer of supplementary textual content.
Wood, Catherine, 1973- writer of foreword.
Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution.

Contemporary African photography

Holdings:

Location: Library main
Copy: 1
Status: On Order