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Article: Remixing the African image.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 10, 2007
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Byline: Stephanie Hanes Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Johannesburg, South Africa -- It seems wrong to try to describe Simon Njami. Wrong, at least, to suggest that the superficial details mean anything.
This is a man, after all, who has spent a career fighting the implications behind labels such as "African" - a writer and art curator who has long challenged conclusions based on birthplace or skin tone, nationality or language.
But here, in the Johannesburg Art Gallery, days before the African opening of Mr. Njami's world-renowned contemporary art exhibit "Africa Remix" is one glimpse: Standing in front of a pack of ...