Sites of Remembering

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book explores key themes such as insurgent memory, diaspora connections, and cultural preservation, offering critical insights into the works of influential figures like Mulatu Astatke, Zerihun Yetmgeta, and Chester Higgins. It examines the making of Ethio-jazz, the magical universe of African visual art, and the role of photography in documenting African experiences, and also:Explores the evolution of contemporary African art through themes of memory, identity, and cultural capital.Highlights influential figures and movements, including Mulatu Astatke’s Ethio-jazz and Zerihun Yetmgeta’s magical universe.Examines diaspora connections and the role of photography in documenting African experiences.Provides critical insights into archiving and cultural preservation, focusing on Sam Nhlengethwa’s art collection.Offers interdisciplinary perspectives, blending art, music, and philosophy to re-center African narratives.This title has been co-published with UNISA Press. T&F does not sell or distribute the print versions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-30
Mått174 x 246 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041267768

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Abebe Zegeye is distinguished scholar whose work critically interrogates the meaning, value, and function of contemporary African art. His essays, compiled in Sites of Remembering, reflect a rigorous scholarly engagement rooted in an African perspective and underpinned by an Afrocentric orientation. Through his writing, Zegeye explores the vitality of African memory as a set of discursive practices essential to reclaiming and rescuing content embedded in historical archives, lived realities, cultural rituals, creative expression, and scholarly production.

ForewordSection ፩: Thinking1. Introduction2. What is contemporary African art? 3. Insurgent memory and African artSection ፪: Viewing4. Mulatu Astatke: The making of Ethio-jazz5. The magical universe of Zerihun Yetmgeta6. The seemingly seamless subversion of Sime 7. Songs of the AngelsSection ፫: Knowing8. Rethinking archiving: Modes of cultural capital in SamNhlengethwa’s collection of art 9. Beyond the construction of crises: The voice of an ordinaryZimbabweanSection ፬: Remembering10. Diaspora connections and discontinuities: The photographyof Chester Higgins11. In place of a conclusion: Re-centering SPace Currencies inContemporary African Art