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Oct 24, 2023 · Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment. The works of the recently knighted filmmaker address contemporary issues in two different Smithsonian museums
Nov 7, 2020 · “The British brought people over from Africa and the Caribbean to work. Then my generation got born. An unintended consequence, I suppose,” says artist and film-maker John Akomfrah.
- Bonnie Greer
Nov 9, 2023 · John Akomfrah on exploring colonialism, migration and globalism through ‘bricolage’ The British filmmaker and artist examines the complexities of his African roots through a personal aesthetic...
- Maya Jaggi
Sep 23, 2020 · Available from today, the October 2020 issue of frieze magazine features a special cover designed by celebrated artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah. Also included in the issue is a conversation between Akomfrah and founding members of the award-winning artist-led collective The Otolith Group, Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar, who discuss ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Newly elected Royal Academician, John Akomfrah, has been exploring Black British life since the ‘80s. He tells us about being slammed in the press by Salman Rushdie and his love of Virginia Woolf.
Sep 1, 2021 · Sept. 1, 2021. LONDON — Shortly before the artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah left Ghana for Britain after a 1966 coup, the nine-year-old-boy had a final encounter with his grandfather, the...
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Jul 13, 2020 · July 13, 2020. The pioneering filmmaker John Akomfrah was born in Accra, Ghana on 4 May 1957 and came to live in England at the age of four. He is the co-founder of the Black Audio Film Collective (a 16-year project that examined ‘Black British’ identity through audio and visual mediums) and a director, archivist and writer.
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