A narrative that questions the form of African self-inscription, according to philosophy, art and literature. For the last century or so, African discourse has been dominated by three political-intellectual paradigms that are not mutually exclusive. African identity is basically based on a nativist discourse, on the one hand, and an instrumentalist discourse about Africa and its people, on the other.
Over the last century, some of these tendencies have developed and others have remained mere sketches. Very few are remarkable for their richness and creativity, and fewer still are those endowed with exceptional strength. There is nothing comparable, for example, to German philosophy, which, from Luther to Heidegger, was based not only on religious mysticism but, more fundamentally, on the desire to transgress the boundary between the human and the divine. Nor is there anything like indigenous mysticism. Following the example of these two metanarratives, African ways of making the self are inseparably connected to the problematic of self-construction and the modern philosophy of the subject. However, the similarities end there.
Several factors prevented the development of conceptions that could have explained the meaning of the African past and present through the future. It is a question of outlining the conditions under which the African subject can fully acquire its own subjectivity.
Propaganda is the latest series based on the Memory and Identity project developed over the last ten years.
Originally created: 2024
Subject: Abstract
Material: Line and Cotton
Medium: Manual Serigraphy
Styles: Abstract, Conceptual
