Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
Wanuri Kahiu: Lustige, wilde und fantastische aus Afrika Kunst
Wanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa. Full bio
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she'd tell the craziest stories
mir die verrücktesten Geschichten,
with her overactive imagination.
überaktiven Vorstellungskraft vereinten.
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
dass wenn man sehr viel Salz isst,
with science fiction,
mit Science Fiction,
my own science fiction and fantasy,
und Fantasy zu schreiben,
was considered un-African.
als unafrikanisch galt.
where only serious things happen.
an dem nur ernste Dinge passieren.
someone will always ask,
fragt immer jemand:
afrikanischen Problemen,
that want to go to space
aus Nairobi, die ins All wollen,
ist Kunst unwichtig;
agenda art isn't important;
that write about HIV and radicalization
die über HIV und Radikalisierung schreiben
that comes out of the continent.
sein, die aus Afrika kommt.
is still being realized.
besteht immer noch.
on developmental aid.
von Entwicklungshilfe ab.
one image of ourselves for so long
nur ein Bild von uns selbst gesehen,
eine erschaffen können.
wir brauchen einen neuen Weg
von Kunst um der Kunst willen.
that is not policy-driven
ohne politischen Hintergrund,
AfroBubbleGumisten sein.
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
möglichen Armuts-Porno-Fallen prüfen.
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
der dem Bechdel-Test ähnelt
in this piece of fiction healthy?
in diesem Werk gesund?
and not in need of saving?
und brauchen nicht gerettet werden?
to two or more of these questions,
dieser Fragen bejahen können,
images of Africans who were vibrant
von lebenssprühenden Afrikanern,
we're worthy of more happiness?
mehr Freude verdient haben?
through our shared joy?
an unser gemeinsames Menschsein denken?
that give me immeasurable joy,
die mich extrem glücklich machen,
everything to save plants
riskieren, um Pflanzen zu retten,
hauptsächlich glücklich.
in this current splintered world
in der heutigen, gespaltenen Welt,
requires diligence.
seine Hoffnung zu bewahren.
in creating, curating and commissioning
mehr AfroBubbleGum-Kunst
for a different view of the world,
der Mütter leicht traumatisiert werden,
fierce and frivolous art
und alberner Kunst schreien --
unseriously African.
die unernst afrikanisch sind.
than you can imagine.
von uns, als ihr denkt.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wanuri Kahiu - Filmmaker, writerWanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa.
Why you should listen
Born in Nairobi, TED Fellow Wanuri Kahiu is part of the new generation of African filmmakers. Her films have received international acclaim and have been screened in more than 100 film festivals around the world. To date, Kahiu has written and directed six films and is working on her second feature length film.
Kahiu's first feature film, From a Whisper, based on the real events surrounding the 1998 twin bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, won Best Narrative Feature in 2010 at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles as well as five awards at the African Movie Academy Award, including Best Director and Best Screenplay.
In 2009 Wanuri produced TV documentary For Our Land about Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai for MNET, a pan-African cable station. In 2010, her short science fiction Pumzi premiered at Sundance and went on to win best short film at Cannes and the silver at Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. Pumzi also earned Kahiu the Citta di Venezia 2010 award in Venice, Italy. She is currently in post production on her second feature film, Rafiki, as well as a feature length documentary Ger about UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ger Duany.
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