Ogbechie Lecture in Detroit: Photography and Cultures of Modernity in Africa

Decency Photos, The Wives of Osonye, 1972, © The Ogbechie Family, Onicha-Ugbo.

“Discover representations of culture and modernity in African period photography of the 20th century. Photography has emerged as a primary focus in the exhibition and analysis of art from Africa, ranging from studies of its role in producing colonial order and inventing African artifacts as art, to art historical analysis of its use as a contested marker of modernity in various African contexts…. ” (Read more...)

The above is an announcement for my upcoming lecture at the Detroit Institute of Arts. This brings to closure a year of important lectures I have given at Northwestern University, University of Missouri St. Louis, Clarke Institute, Hanover-Germany, and Sao Paolo-Brazil.