tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post465500299706035843..comments2023-07-02T11:50:44.109+02:00Comments on DIARY OF A MODERN TUAREG: Similar questions for contemporary African arts (DANCE, Literature, Photography etc.(DANCE, Literature, Photography etc.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-88455092117848509552009-08-03T05:33:48.000+02:002009-08-03T05:33:48.000+02:00Qudus,
I just try to say: c'est ça, to the las...Qudus,<br />I just try to say: c'est ça, to the last sentence of Aîda: the necessity to be at work. I can see you are in good shape. let's put the gloves on....Heddy Maalemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-87617911803524131402009-08-03T05:33:12.000+02:002009-08-03T05:33:12.000+02:00Heddy Ce n'est pas ça. i strongly disagree, li...Heddy Ce n'est pas ça. i strongly disagree, like i said above WHEN WE RUN TO SECURITY WE TEND TO REINFORCE MORE FEAR. <br /><br />Aida is it that you haven't been working all these years i know you for? or let's just face it all, we all want to ignore these questions and just live our lives, but the fact still remains that it will never make our lives any better because we are trappedQ'dancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-35044021655805951302009-08-03T05:31:47.000+02:002009-08-03T05:31:47.000+02:00c'est ça!c'est ça!Heddy Maalemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-2201148234377987322009-08-03T05:31:17.000+02:002009-08-03T05:31:17.000+02:00the reality in africa and the reality outside is t...the reality in africa and the reality outside is two different things. we keep having these conversations that have gone on for a long time but it always seems like their is no solution in sight....yes what is african literture...what is african art...what is african photography...who is an african...?...it is ridicules to that artist from africa have to continuously validate themselves based on Aida Mulunehnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-61025448791813370612009-08-03T05:30:41.000+02:002009-08-03T05:30:41.000+02:00C'est compliqué, n'est ce pas?C'est compliqué, n'est ce pas?Heddy Maalemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-3164706608612029462009-08-03T05:30:11.000+02:002009-08-03T05:30:11.000+02:00African literatures. Plural. Multiple.African literatures. Plural. Multiple.Shailja Patelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-15411092446164160592009-08-03T05:29:13.000+02:002009-08-03T05:29:13.000+02:00Hey there!
I won't address some of the concer...Hey there!<br /><br />I won't address some of the concerns that you previously mentioned for I totally agree with you.<br /><br />"How do we establish an 'ethics of difference and mutual respect' within the framework of dissimilarities in cultural production and functionality? How do we prevent 'Hegemony' without sacrificing the grounds already gained against the power Nathalie Etokenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-67087777976784195742009-08-03T05:26:35.000+02:002009-08-03T05:26:35.000+02:00...or branding it for that matter, but approaching......or branding it for that matter, but approaching it from a viewpoint which doesn't ignore the state of affairs of our collective economic, social, political and cultural reality as a people. As 'African' dance practitioners particularly, it is inevitable to disregard the question of identity, color and other baggage of history, due to the direct exposure of our naked bodies and the Q'dancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-56616947656688784112009-08-03T05:25:12.000+02:002009-08-03T05:25:12.000+02:00Woooow Nathalie, saying that this is an issue you ...Woooow Nathalie, saying that this is an issue you know too well might be sounding like a cliché, this must definately be a paper you already had on ground cos you have even brought Tolu's case to the bigger picture and added more questions, It is amazingly funny how these questions tend to sound exactly the same as well in the dance world, which is exactly what informs the coming to be of my Q'dancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-5364869341911675092009-08-03T05:21:01.000+02:002009-08-03T05:21:01.000+02:00These works are classified as African literature o...These works are classified as African literature only because their writers are of African origins. And yes, what about the gatekeepers, why is it that some writers found success while others remain totally unknown? For whom are the successful writers located in the West writing for? Should African writers be held accountable? What do we make of the idea of World literature which only applies to Nathalie Etokenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35892701.post-25634815019947973572009-08-03T05:20:43.000+02:002009-08-03T05:20:43.000+02:00THANK YOU SO MUUUCH FOR SHARING THIS....
Well as a...THANK YOU SO MUUUCH FOR SHARING THIS....<br />Well as a Professor of "africana studies/African lit/Postcolonial studies based in the US... This is an issue that I know too well...<br />The current status of sub-Saharan African literature written in French is characterized by the exteriority of its production and publication. The literary critic Odile Cazenave asserts: “Contemporary African Nathalie Etokenoreply@blogger.com