Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
Wanuri Kahiu: Eğlenceli, vahşi ve fantastik Afrika sanatı
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
harmanı olan çılgın hikâyeler anlatırdı.
with her overactive imagination.
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
eğer çok tuz yersen,
ilk karşılaşmam bu şekilde oldu
with science fiction,
my own science fiction and fantasy,
yazmaya başladığımda,
fark edince çok şaşırdım.
was considered un-African.
diye sorguladım.
where only serious things happen.
ciddi şeylerin yaşandığı ciddi bir yerdir.
someone will always ask,
biri illa ki şunu sorar:
gerçek sorunlara değiniyor mu?''
that want to go to space
Nairobi'li pop gruplarını
agenda art isn't important;
önemsiz olduğunu söylemiyorum;
that write about HIV and radicalization
film ve tiyatrolar kurumu
that comes out of the continent.
is still being realized.
hâlâ farkındalık aşamasında.
on developmental aid.
gelişimsel desteğe muhtaç durumda.
one image of ourselves for so long
kendimizin yalnızca tek bir resmine
yaratabildiğimiz sadece bu var.
yeni bir yol bulmamız gerek
that is not policy-driven
potansiyeli durumunu değerlendirmeliyiz.
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
testlere tabii tutmalıyız
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
in this piece of fiction healthy?
Afrikalı sağlıklı mı?
and not in need of saving?
mı ve kurtarılma gereksinimleri yok mu?
to two or more of these questions,
evet diyebiliyorsak,
images of Africans who were vibrant
hayat ve sevgi dolu, gelişen,
we're worthy of more happiness?
düşünmez miyiz?
through our shared joy?
müşterek insanlığımızı da düşünür müyüz?
that give me immeasurable joy,
ve mekanları düşünüyorum
everything to save plants
veya sadece dans edebilmek için
hikâyeler yazıyorum,
in this current splintered world
mutluluğun bir imtiyaz olduğunu biliyorum,
requires diligence.
in creating, curating and commissioning
sanatı yaratma, düzenleme
kazandırma umudu olabilir,
for a different view of the world,
dolayısıyla travma yaşadıkları bir Afrika.
fierce and frivolous art
ciddi Afrika algısına karşı gelen;
unseriously African.
talep edildiği bir Afrika.
çok daha fazla var.
than you can imagine.
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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