CNN

‘Disguise’: African masks as social commentary

It seems no museum collection is complete without a few token African masks. Many of us have glimpsed them walking between exhibits, but few of us know what role they actually play to the many ...
CNN

Possession obsession: What happens when you don the Zaouli mask

“The leaves of the tree may touch the sky, but it should not forget that its roots are fixed in the soil.” Chief Hyppolite Anoh, artistic director of SOTHECA is full of wise words. It’s also his job ...
The Fader

M.I.A. Flew Across The World To Film This Incredible West African Dance

M.I.A. is nothing if not global. Her aesthetic and lived experiences form an expansive cut-and-paste style through which she makes necessary, if occasionally vague, commentary that spans different ...
The New York Times

From Mozambique: Masks, Jump Rope and Risqué Moves

Performances in N.Y.C. This year’s DanceAfrica festival at BAM features Song & Dance Company of Mozambique, which a member likened to a mirror for the nation. Georgina Lourenço, center, and other ...
Newsweek

Artists Across Africa Revive the Art of the Mask

From masks worn to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hong Kong protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks during anti-China protests, 2020 is a time of masks. Yet in much of Africa, such face coverings masks ...
insider.si.edu

Players wearing mma ji mask with rounded top-piece at the okonkwo dance, Oha Nwego Village, Okpoha Village-Group, Nigeria

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