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How artistic partnerships get mischaracterized through colonial frameworks

I collaborate with European artists on equal terms but when we show together the press always frames it as them helping to develop African art

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What we've seen

The collaborator faces persistent narrative structures that position African creativity as recipient rather than equal partner.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African aesthetics — across the continent?”

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