African Object Lessons

By: Benjamina Efua Dadzie & Chris Wingfield
  • Summary

  • What lessons do African objects have for us in the twenty first century? What can we learn from them about Africa’s long relationship with Europe? What can they teach us about being and becoming human?This podcast expands the conversation around objects from Africa – in, about and beyond the museum.

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Episodes
  • Episode 5 - Alafuro Sikoki-Coleman on exhibition design
    Dec 8 2021

    Alafuro is an industrial designer and artist who worked on the [Re:]Entanglements exhibition. We talk about her engagement with museums, as well as her conception of objects as language in solid form.

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    38 mins
  • Episode 4: George Emeka Agbo on researching near home
    Sep 27 2021

    George speaks to us about his experiences with the Thomas collection in Cambridge, his positionally as an African researcher, as well as the different attitudes to collections he encountered in the UK and Nigeria.

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    44 mins
  • Episode 3: Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo on Igbo Audio Recordings
    Aug 9 2021

    Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo tells us about her engagement with Igbo audio recordings as part of her involvement with the [Re:]Entanglements project.

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    31 mins

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