Colorways in Africa: Books and Textiles in Senegal and Burkina Faso
Presenters: Laurence Douny (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) & Dame Kane (Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar)
Join us to explore color production and representations on two kind of surfaces: book covers and textiles. We will highlight the ways by which a West African color system composed of red, white and black is used by Senegalese publishers and textiles producers in Burkina Faso to communicate traditional values, identities and culture at large. While books or the 'written words' are explicit medium of communication, textiles enact as non-verbal forms of communication. In both case, colors play a role in conveying messages, symbolism and cultural codes.
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Organizer: Sarah Lowengard