Africa
The Met’s Rockefeller Wing and Restitution
A critique of the Met’s reinstalled wing of art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.The Met’s Rockefeller Wing and Restitution
Slave Ship Wrecks
A feature on the Slave Wrecks Project, whose marine archaeologists work with communities across the African diaspora. I dove with them to the wreck of the Camargo, Brazil’s last known slave ship. (“The Sunken Place,” The New Yorker)Slave Ship Wrecks
Mati Diop
A profile of the French-Senegalese filmmaker, whose ”Dahomey” explores art restitution in postcolonial Africa. (“Take Me Home,” The New Yorker)Mati Diop
Teju Cole’s “Tremor”
A review of the writer and photographer’s new novel about appropriation and the ethics of portrayal. (“Long Exposure,” The New Yorker)Teju Cole’s “Tremor”
Mohamed Mbougarr Sarr
A review of the Goncourt-winning novel “The Most Secret Memory of Men.” (“Absence Africaine,” The New Yorker)Mohamed Mbougarr Sarr
Maya Binyam’s “Hangman”
A review of the debut novel about an expatriate’s homecoming. (The New Yorker)Maya Binyam’s “Hangman”
Samuel Fosso’s Century in Selfies
A review of an exhibition of the photographer’s self-portraits in Princeton. (The New Yorker)Samuel Fosso’s Century in Selfies