Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
وانور کاهیو: هنر باحال، وحشی و بیفکرانه آفریقا
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
قصههایی را تعریف میکرد
with her overactive imagination.
و تخیل زیادی فعال او بودن.
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
که اگر یک عالم نمک بخوری،
with science fiction,
my own science fiction and fantasy,
و فانتزی خودم کردم،
was considered un-African.
که خب چی آفریقاییه؟
where only serious things happen.
مسائل جدیدتر اتفاق میافته،
someone will always ask,
همیشه یک نفر از من میپرسه،
یا ایدز سروکار داره؟»
that want to go to space
که میخوان به فضا برن
agenda art isn't important;
that write about HIV and radicalization
که درباره HIV و افراطگرایی
that comes out of the continent.
که از قاره بیرون بیاد.
is still being realized.
on developmental aid.
به کمکهای توسعهطلبانه وابسته است.
one image of ourselves for so long
ما تنها یک تصویر از خودمون دیدیم
به روش جدیدی نیاز داریم،
that is not policy-driven
آدامسیهای بادکنکی آفریقا باشیم.
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
خطرات پورن و فقر بالقوه قضاوت کنیم،
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
که مشابه تست بکدل هستند،
in this piece of fiction healthy?
یا بیشتر تو این قصه سالمند؟
and not in need of saving?
باثباتی دارن و نیاز به پسنداز ندارن.
to two or more of these questions,
یا بیشتر جواب آری بدیم
بادکنک آفریقایی هستیم.
images of Africans who were vibrant
از آفریقاییهایی داشته باشید که سرزنده
we're worthy of more happiness?
ارزش بیشتر شاد بودن را داربم؟
through our shared joy?
شادی به اشتراک گذاشته شده فکر میکنیم؟
that give me immeasurable joy,
که به من شادی بیحد میدن.
everything to save plants
که همه چیز را برای نجات گیاهان
in this current splintered world
requires diligence.
امتیاز محسوب میشه.
in creating, curating and commissioning
تصدی و انجام هر چه بیشتر
for a different view of the world,
وجود داشته باشه،
fierce and frivolous art
وحشی و بیفکرانه، آفریقایی
unseriously African.
than you can imagine.
مثل ما هست.
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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