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Jul 10, 2024 · Amid rising turmoil in Ghana in the mid 1960s—which would culminate in Nkrumah’s ousting by military coup in 1966—Akomfrah’s father was shot and killed. Out of fear for their lives, Akomfrah’s mother took the family and emigrated. After a brief stint in the US, they wound up in London.
Sep 21, 2018 · The British artist John Akomfrah dug deep into film archives around the world to create an elegiac tribute to the millions of largely forgotten black men from Africa and the United States who fought and died in World War I.
Five Murmurations is London-based, Ghanaian-born artist John Akomfrah’s response to the global pandemic, murder of George Floyd, and worldwide protests in support of Black Lives Matter. It is a visual essay of our current times.
Aug 30, 2024 · Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) has announced its next main gallery exhibition, John Akomfrah’s Mimesis: African Soldier, which reflects on the experience of soldiers from across the Commonwealth in World War 1.
Sep 21, 2018 · Location. Imperial War Museum. Date. 21 September 2018 – 31 March 2019. Mimesis: African Soldier is a multimedia installation that remembers the millions of Africans who fought as soldiers or served as porters during the First World War.
Oct 24, 2023 · Photography from Alaska, French Polynesia and Greenland is juxtaposed with archival images of industry, political movements and even scenes of life and death, with the sounds of burbling brooks...
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Sep 7, 2018 · They made a big mistake. Akomfrah ultimately forged his career by weaving stories through dense, lyrical mosaics of archive and new footage, often on multi-screen installations.
