Telling Time: Rencontres de Bamako Biennale Africaine de la Photographie - Hardcover

by Antawan I. Byrd (Editor), Yves Chatap (Editor), Bisi Silva (Editor)

The publication features images and essays on almost seventy artists, and chronicles the event's twenty-year history through essays, interviews, and archival documentation including a complete reprint of the catalog that accompanied the Bamako Biennale's 1994 inaugural edition. It serves as an invaluable compendium of contemporary photography in Africa.

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Author Biography

Antawan I. Byrd is currently a PhD candidate in Art History at Northwestern University, focusing on modern and contemporary African Art and the African diaspora.

Yves Chatap is an independent art critic and curator. He holds a Master in Art History from the University of Paris, Sorbonne.

Bisi Silva is the founder and artistic director of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA, Lagos), which opened in December 2007. Silva has written on contemporary art for international publications including Art Monthly, Untitled, Third Text, M Metropolis, Agufon and for Nigerian newspapers.