# Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art from the Walther Collection - Hardcover

by **Daniela Baumann** (Editor), **Joshua Chuang** (Editor), **Oluremi Onabanjo** (Editor)

**_Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art from The Walther Collection_ unites the perspectives of 14 contemporary artists of African descent, who investigate social identity, questions of belonging and an array of sociopolitical concerns--including migration, lineage, the legacies of colonialism and Calvinism and local custom--as well as personal experiences in Africa and the African diaspora.**

By highlighting specific creative approaches and studying the sites and collective platforms that enable these practices, this book examines the critical mass that has gathered across generations of African image-makers and lens-based artists. In accentuating different perspectives within this generation and considering the infrastructures that often link them, _Recent Histories_ provides a point of entry to engage critically with current practices, and opens up considerations about how to conceptualize the frameworks of contemporary African photography and video art. _Recent Histories_ features the work of Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ng'ok, Andrew Esiebo, Em'kal Eyongakpa, Fran ois- Xavier Gbr , Simon Gush, D lio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit L. Petros, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Thabiso Sekgala and Michael Tsegaye.

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 10 x 10.4 IN

**Publication Date:** August 22, 2017

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