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Broadcast: 6.30pm – 7.30pm, Tuesday 8th June.
From Live 8 to a glut of Hollywood films like Blood Diamond, images of Africa in the west are largely limited to war, poverty, crime, disease and disaster. Here we discuss the view from inside Africa, emphasising the recognition of an authentically African voice that might speak for itself.
The speakers were Lindiwe Dovey and Elisabeth Lalouschek. The show was hosted by Seph Rodney.
Speaker biographies:
Dr Lindiwe Dovey is Senior Lecturer in African Film and Performance Arts at SOAS, University of London. Her book, African Film and Literature: Adapting Violence to the Screen (2009), was published by Columbia University Press and was a winner of a Choice Award for outstanding academic titles. She is the Founding Director of the UK’s oldest annual African film festival, the Cambridge African Film Festival, and has made both fiction and documentary films.
Elisabeth Lalouschek, born in Vienna, is the Artistic Director of October Gallery, London. She holds an MA in Fine Arts from the Royal College of Art. She joined October Gallery in 1987 and has been instrumental in promoting and furthering the careers of a range of outstanding artists from Africa including El Anatsui and Romuald Hazoumé. Over the years she has been involved in collaborations with institutions such as the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and a range of international museums.