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Loading... Guy Tillim Museum of the revolution (edition 2019)by Achille Mbembe (Author), Guy Tillim (Photographer)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The streets in Guy Tillim's photographs function as silent witnesses to the ebb and flow of political, and social shifts of power and become a museum of the many revolutions that have taken place in African countries over the past 65 years. They reflect a new reality, distinct from the economic stagnation wrought by socialist policies that usually accompanied African nationalism, the reality of re-building and enterprise, and new sets of aspirations imbued with capitalistic values. no reviews | add a review
"These photographs were made on long walks through the streets of African capitals, including Johannesburg, Durban, Maputo, Beira, Harare, Nairobi, Kigali, Kampala, Addis Ababa, Luanda, Libreville, Accra, Dakar and Dar es Salaam, and the series takes its title from the Museum of the Revolution in Maputo, Mozambique, which is situated on the Avenida 24 Julho. The 24th of July 1875 marked the end of an Anglo-Portuguese conflict for possession of the territory that was decided in favour of Portugal. One hundred years later the name of the avenue remained the same because Mozambique's independence from Portugal was proclaimed in June 1975 and now the 24th of July is Nationalisation Day. These streets, named and renamed, function as silent witnesses to the ebb and flow of political, economic and social shifts of power and become a museum of the many revolutions that have taken place in African countries over the past 65 years. In Tillim's photographs, the streets of these African capitals reflect a new reality, distinct from the economic stagnation wrought by socialist policies that usually accompanied African nationalism, the reality of rebuilding and enterprise, and new sets of aspirations imbued with capitalistic values." -- Publisher's website. No library descriptions found. |
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