Wendt, Selene, Beyond the door of no return , 2021
- Title(s):
- Beyond the door of no return : confronting hidden colonial histories through contemporary art / Selene Wendt.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Published/Created:
- Milano, Italy : Skira editore S.p.A. in association with The Africa Institute, Sharjah, 2021.
©2021 - Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNX180.P67 W46 2021 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16132122
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-151).
This book focuses on the lesser-known details of colonial history, with particular emphasis on stories of resistance and rebellion against colonial rule. The contemporary artists featured in this book include John Akomfrah, La Vaughn Belle, Manthia Diawara, Jeannette Ehlers, Michelle Eistrup, Sasha Huber, Oceana James, Patricia Kaersenhout, Grada Kilomba, Suchitra Mattai, and Alberta Whittle, who are all at the forefront of decolonial thinking. Through their artworks, they convey compelling narratives that shed light on the entangled colonial histories that connect Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. Collectively, these artists provide crucial insight into some of the lesser-known aspects of colonial history, such as Norwegian involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The artists featured in this book convey unique resistance stories about fearless freedom fighters such as Venus Johannes, Mary Thomas, Olaudah Equiano, and Anna Heegaard, thereby allowing for a deeper, more nuanced understanding of colonial history than the historical narratives that have typically been told from a Western perspective. These are stories of resistance that help, at least partially, to set the historical records straight. By highlighting the stories of those who have been historically silenced, we gain access to a more nuanced understanding of colonial history and the factors which have contributed to the continued effects of colonialism today, most evidently witnessed in the prevalence of racism, poverty, and forced migration. - Subject Terms:
- Africa.Art, Modern -- 21st century.Art, Modern.artists.Decolonization in art.Decolonization in art.decolonization.Postcolonialism and the arts.Postcolonialism and the arts.visual arts.
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- The sea is history
- Listening to the echoes of the South Atlantic
- From Africa to the West Indies on Danish-Norwegian slave ships
- I am Queen Mary
- Occupying colonial space
- The story of Venus Johannes
- Fragments of a shared colonial history
- Building on a bridge across the Atlantic
- The past is present
- The sound of the Black Atlantic
- A seat at the table
- Plantation memories
- Shooting as a radical decolonial gesture
- The unfinished conversation
- Healing from the past and reimagining the future.