The artists featured in this episode describe art as a critical medium to grapple with, witness and archive the present and imagined futures. Hustling to make ends meet and under pressure to commercialise their art, they explore complex and changing identities, make trouble, heal wounds and chronicle the everyday lives of Africans across the continent.
Contending with both traditions under attack and inevitable change, they remind us that without art, our stories, histories, and ways of life may be erased.
And, in a message to future generations, they testify that we were more than war and destruction, that we found and made beauty too.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Featuring Abdinasir Abdikadir "4C"Mohamed (Somalia) / Dean Hutton (South Africa) / Imed "Apollon" Bekkair (Algeria) / Imiangaly Randrianomanana (Madagascar) / Paul Bert "Rossy" Rahasimanana (Madagascar) / Roselyn Dzanja (Malawi) / Sharmila Elias (Malawi)
Executive Producer Wangui Kimari Creative Director Jim Chuchu Producer Njeri Gitungo Research Lead Brock Hicks Project Communications Cynthia Kemunto Post Production Africa Post Office (APO) Post Production Supervisor Carole Kinyua Editor Winnie Ndirangu Supervising Editor Jim Chuchu
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