The Short Century
Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945 - 1994. African Art and History. Exhibition in Munich, Berlin, Chicago, New York, 2001 - 2002. Curator: Okwui Enwezor.
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The Photo Tour follows the different themes exhibition. Between these, and partially connected to them, is "Shift: History, Identity, Authenticity", a comprehensive theme to which diverse artistic positions are allocated.
The sequence of themes in our tour and the rooms where they start:
Towards Independence and Liberation
Room 1
Modernism and African Art
Room 2
The Triple Heritage: Africa, Islam, Christianity
Room 4
Medina, Kasbah, Native Quarter, Township and the Settler's city. Architecture/Space and Colonial Power
Room 10
The Colonial Text and Postcolonial Archive. Art, Cinema and Visual Culture after Independence.
Room 16
Living the Highlife: Music and Popular Culture
Room 17
Towards African Liberation. Independence Now!
Room 19
Pan-Africanism, Negritude, Modernism and Nation Building
Room 20
Shift: History, Identity, Authenticity
Diverse rooms - see above
© Map: Haupt & Binder
Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945 - 1994. African Art and History. Exhibition in Munich, Berlin, Chicago, New York, 2001 - 2002. Curator: Okwui Enwezor.