{"id":2111,"date":"2011-08-09T15:26:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2011-08-09T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:26:14","slug":"where-are-all-the-african-women-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/where-are-all-the-african-women-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are all the African women artists?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of August 2011, I attended the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/adventurersinthediaspora.visualsociety.com\/\">Adventurers in the Diaspora Series\u2019<\/a> at Accra\u2019s Golden Tulip. The topic for discussion was \u201c<em>Revitalising Ghana\u2019s National Museum of Arts<\/em>\u201d, and judging by the huge turnout the subject was clearly of interest to a large number of people. There were several \u2018distinguished\u2019<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> persons on the panel. This is how members of the panel were described in the event posted on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/144987378875799\/\"> Facebook<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Frances Ademola -artist and owner of Ghana&#8217;s first private art gallery, the LOOM<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Seth Dei\u2014Ghana\u2019s largest collector of contemporary art and whose Dei foundation supports various Ghanaian artists and indigenous high-tech initiatives. He is also a partner at Blue Skies industry, a pre-eminent agro-business based in several countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Fritz Baffour, MP- Chairman of the Museum board<\/p>\n<p>Hon. J.S. Annan (MP)- Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and ex-Minister for Education<\/p>\n<p>Prof, Atukwei Okai- Secretary General of Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) and professor of African literature<\/p>\n<p>David Adjaye- principal of Adjaye Associates, a world-leading architecture firm based in London and New York.<\/p>\n<p>Kofi Setordji- reknowned artist and sculptor, co-director of Nubuke Art Gallery\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I feel like there were a lot more panelists at the actual event than described above, and I cannot remember Professor Okai being there (but I could be mistaken).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A couple of the panelists struck me for diverse reasons. Frances Ademola struck me, because she is a woman artist, the founder of an Art gallery and was credited by many members of the panel as the one who had nurtured their appreciation of Art, yet I had no prior knowledge of the existence of either her or her art gallery. David Adjaye because I have heard so much, and read so much about this award winning Ghanaian British architect yet I had no idea that he even visited Ghana or was in any way active here<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> and finally Kofi Setordjii because he gave a compelling call to action when he spoke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the evening I was having a drink with one of my artist friends \u2013 he\u2019s a photographer, likes to strum the guitar, writes and has an amazing eye for fashion and style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me: <em>I want to go and check out the Museum of Arts, I had no idea one even existed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Him: <em>Yes, let me know when you want to go and we\u2019ll make a trip of it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me: <em>I want to see what potential there could be for AWDF to work with the Museum. We want to build an African Women\u2019s Museum but we\u2019re putting that on the backburner for now. Maybe we can fund an exhibition of women artists.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Him: [laughing] <em>Which women artists?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me: <em>Yeah, that\u2019s the point isn\u2019t it? I am sure there are women artists everywhere but we don\u2019t know about them. And it depends how you think about art \u2013 there is photography, fashion, writing\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Him: <em>True. A lot of the time people do not think of photography as art\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our conversation got me thinking. Who are the African women artists and where are they? I am especially interested in African women artists who use their art as a tool to provoke social consciousness. I started to create a mental list of African women artists that I know are doing this and then I thought, \u201c<em>I should blog about this and ask people to add to the list<\/em>\u201d. So that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing. My list is only going to comprise of people that I know in some way, and for the sake of brevity I will highlight only 10 African women artists. Either I have read their books, watched them perform, heard them speak, seen a trailer for their movie or engaged with them in some way \u2013 even if it\u2019s only been via twitter \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do me a favour and add on to this list in the comments box. Let\u2019s track who the African women artists are, what they do, and where they are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my list:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frances Ademola? \u2013 I\u2019m a bit confused as to whether to add her to the list. Is she an art gallery owner or an artist? Is the owner of an art gallery also an artist because they have an artistic eye or does an artist always create? AiD\u2019s programme described her as an artist but in googling her I have come across this interview, which quoted her as saying, \u201c<em>I\u2019m the eye of the buyer. It\u2019s a good thing that I\u2019m not an artist<\/em>\u201d<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nneka \u2013 Nigerian\/German songstress who sings in English and Pidgin about the need for Africans to take responsibility for the problems we face on the continent (<em>The Uncomfortable Truth<\/em>), jogs our collective memory on the issues confronting Nigerian society whilst reminding us of the importance of remembering Ken Saro Wiwa and the causes for which the prominent environmental activist died , (<em>Soul is Heavy<\/em>) and the need for us all to recognize our inherent beauty (<em>Beautiful<\/em>).\u00a0 Nneka agreed in 2010 to work as an Arts Ambassador for AWDF and I\u2019m really looking forward to exciting collaborations between her and AWDF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yvonne Chaka Chaka \u2013 One of Africa\u2019s most powerful voices who also lends her support to many admirable initiatives. Yvonne Chaka Chaka sits on the AWDF South Africa board, is a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africawln.org\/\">African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health<\/a>, serves as a UN Goodwill Ambassador for Malaria and also has her own NGO, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princessofafrica.com\/yvonne-chaka-chaka\">The Princess of Africa Foundation<\/a>. I personally met Yvonne when she attended AWDF\u2019s 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary celebrations in November 2010 and I was struck by how nice Yvonne was as a person. Sometimes when you meet huge stars you\u2019re disappointed because they act like divas but Yvonne is niceness personified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2008\" title=\"Yvonne Chaka Chaka at Popular Arts event 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Yvonne-Chaka-Chaka-at-Popular-Arts-event-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wanuri Kahiu \u2013I get most of my updates on Wanuri via her twitter handle @wanuri . I have seen the trailer for her film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3elKofS43xM\">Pumzi<\/a> and unfortunately missed an opportunity to see the full length film at the last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.effaccra.org\/index.php\">Environmental Film Festival of Accra<\/a> yet what I have seen of her trailer has been enough to convince me that this is the type of work that organizations like AWDF need to fund if we are going to use the arts as a tool for gender empowerment. In researching Wanuri further I came across her <a href=\"http:\/\/wanurikahiu.blogspot.com\/\">blog<\/a> and it looks like she is not only nifty with the camera but with words too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ama Ata Aidoo \u2013 Where do I start from when it comes to this doyenne of African literature? Like many people in Ghana, I first came across Ama Ata Aidoo in secondary school as \u201cDilemma of a Ghost\u201d and \u201cAnowa\u201d were on our reading list. At university I decided to write my dissertation on the concept of \u2018home\u2019 as seen through the works of Ama Ata Aidoo and Buchi Emecheta (another stalwart of African women\u2019s literature). In 2008, I met Auntie Ama face to face and was thrilled to be able to interview her for AWDF\u2019s very first e-newsletter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asa \u2013 I have been told Asa is my lookalike but that\u2019s not why I have included her on this list \ud83d\ude42 Recently I\u2019ve heard one of her songs, which touches on the issue of sexual abuse. Please let me know what the title is if you know the song I\u2019m describing \u2013 she sings about a young girl who has been abused and somehow the girl\u2019s Father is involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jessica Horn \u2013 Jessica is a personal friend, poet and an all round inspiration to me. She\u2019s the author of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flippedeye.net\/store\/product_info.php?products_id=40\">Speaking in tongues<\/a>\u201d and a dynamic member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanfeministforum.org\/\">African Feminist Forum\u2019s<\/a> steering committee. Jessica is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akiiki-consulting.org\/\">women\u2019s rights consultant<\/a> focusing on issues of health, women\u2019s rights and social change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leila Djansi \u2013 I first heard of Leila when her film \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkingsandsmovie.com\/\">Sinking Sands<\/a>\u201d came out. I eventually watched \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 with a friend and immediately afterwards was interviewed by Joy Fm for our perspectives on the film. Although we liked many aspects of the film we both felt that it\u2019s a shame the male lead had what many may perceive as an excuse to be violent to his wife, especially as domestic violence is such an every day occurrence all over the word. Despite this, and upon continued reflection on the film I feel that \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 is an important milestone in the Ghanaian film industry. \u00a0The lead actress Ama K Abebrese did an amazing job and was well rewarded with an African Movie Award for Best Actress in a lead role. Kudos to Leila for highlighting the issue of domestic violence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yaba Badoe \u2013 \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.witchesofgambaga.com\/\">The Witches of Gambaga<\/a>\u2019 is a powerful documentary, which brings us the real life stories of women condemned to live as witches at the Gambaga camp in Northern Ghana. I first saw this documentary at the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> African Feminist Forum in Dakar, Senegal, and subsequently at its premiere in Ghana. \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.witchesofgambaga.com\/\">The Witches of Gambaga<\/a>\u2019 always provokes a variety of reactions in the audience \u2013 shock, disbelief that women are accused of witchcraft in this day and age, and a strong desire to change the status quo. It is my hope that this documentary remains a powerful tool for creating a more just world for women and men.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So in your opinion where all the African women artists who use their art as a tool for social justice and the empowerment of women?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah<\/p>\n<p>Programme Officer for Fundraising &amp; Communications<\/p>\n<p>AWDF<\/p>\n<div><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref\">[1]<\/a> I believe this was how the panel was described. In Ghana and to my understanding, being distinguished usually means you\u2019re a Member of Parliament, a Minister or a Politician of some sort. Sometimes the term \u2018distinguished\u2019 is used to refer to a person who has excelled in their profession or life work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref\">[2]<\/a> I\u2019m assuming David Adjaye is in some way active in Ghana\u2019s artistic\/cultural purely events purely because he was selected for the panel discussion. Of course I could be totally wrong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref\">[3]<\/a> http:\/\/visionofthefuture.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/art-matriarch.html<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 4th of August 2011, I attended the \u2018Adventurers in the Diaspora Series\u2019 at Accra\u2019s Golden Tulip. 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