C& Magazine #6: Points of View: Afro-Brazilian Perspectives
<p>Over two years ago, we published a conversation with Walter Mignolo on decoloniality. The interview became one of our most-read pieces and was the first time that we expanded our focus on topics concerning African perspectives in South America. Around the same time, we traveled to Brazil and started conversations which developed into close exchanges with creatives and collectives such as Lanchonete.org, based in São Paulo, and the cultural magazine O Menelick 2° Ato. What may have seemed obvious from the start became even more clear to us in the process: the connection between Africa and South America. The link the Black Atlantic creates between the experiences, problems, debates, and productivity of cultural producers from African perspectives is crucial to the issues and people C& wants to provide a platform for.</p> <p>The reality for most Afro-Brazilian artists today is still a state of invisibility within the Brazilian art scene and beyond. One example for this that remained with us was that of Rosana Paulino, who in 2010 was the first Afro-Brazilian artist to achieve a PhD in visual arts in Brazil. The first Black artist to receive a PhD in visual arts in the US was Jeff Donaldson — in 1974. With this C& print issue focusing on Afro-Brazilian perspectives as well as the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo commencing this month, we continue to strengthen our focus on the connections between Africa and South America. We are especially happy to be coediting this special edition with the amazing editorial team of O Menelick 2º Ato.</p>
Conceptor: Julia Grosse, Yvette Mutumba, Nabor Junior, Luciane Ramos-Silva, Aïcha Diallo, Bakri Bakhit
Editors: Julia Grosse, Yvette Mutumba, Alexandre Araújo Bispo, Nabor Junior, Luciane Ramos-Silva, Aïcha Diallo, Olivia Buschey, Sean O’Toole, Christiane Gomes
Designers: Britta Rogozinski, SHIFT Design
Contributors: Alexandre Araújo Bispo, lugar a dudas, Misheck Masamvu, Lucia Nhamo, Gabi Ngcobo, Jé Oliveira, Dalton Paula, Thiago de Paula Souza, Adriana Quiñones León, Luciane Ramos-Silva, Allan da Rosa, Sidney Santiago Kuanza, Helen Sebidi, Lucélia Sergio, Cédric Vincent
Copy-editors: Ekpenyong Ani, Simon Cowper, Will Furtado, Kathleen Heil, Lucy Leite, Karen Margolis, Francisco Alcir Duarte Pereira, Jake Schneider, Clay Watson
Translators: Ekpenyong Ani, Simon Cowper, Will Furtado, Kathleen Heil, Lucy Leite, Karen Margolis, Francisco Alcir Duarte Pereira, Jake Schneider, Clay Watson
Contemporary And (C&), O Menelick 2º Ato
Part of: C& Magazine
ISSN: 2701-3375