Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
Ванурі Кайю: Веселе, шалене та фантастичне африканське мистецтво
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
вона розповідала химерні історії,
with her overactive imagination.
маминою бурхливою уявою.
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
що, якщо спожити багато солі,
"високий артеріальний тиск".
with science fiction,
із науковою фантастикою,
my own science fiction and fantasy,
писати фантастику і фентезі,
was considered un-African.
сприймали як щось неафриканське.
що таке африканське?
where only serious things happen.
де відбуваються лише серйозні події.
someone will always ask,
хтось обов'язково спитає:
насущними проблемами Африки
that want to go to space
які хочуть полетіти в космос
agenda art isn't important;
проблематика мистецтва неважлива;
that write about HIV and radicalization
які висвітлюють ВІЛ, радикалізацію
that comes out of the continent.
is still being realized.
on developmental aid.
залежні від додаткових ресурсів.
інструментом порядку денного.
one image of ourselves for so long
that is not policy-driven
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
спекуляцій соціальними проблемами.
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
in this piece of fiction healthy?
здорових африканців?
and not in need of saving?
Чи міцно стоять на ногах?
to two or more of these questions,
images of Africans who were vibrant
були образи життєрадісних,
we're worthy of more happiness?
through our shared joy?
коли всі поділяли б радість?
that give me immeasurable joy,
що безмірно мене тішать,
everything to save plants
in this current splintered world
це привілей у цьому поділеному світі,
requires diligence.
щоб не втратити надію.
in creating, curating and commissioning
створити, відібрати
for a different view of the world,
fierce and frivolous art
шаленого і безтурботного мистецтва
unseriously African.
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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