Okwui Enwezor

Okwui Enwezor is Dean of Academic Affairs at San Francisco Art Institute, and artistic director of Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla, in Seville, Spain. Previously he was artistic director of Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (2002) and the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale (1997). He has curated numerous exhibitions including: The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994; In-Sight: African Photographers, 1940-Present; and Global Conceptualism.

Looking at Africa

Photography has maintained a vital presence in African culture for over a century. But the recognition of African photographers and their unique visual language has come about only recently. When

By Okwui Enwezor

/ 11 Jul 2006