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Episode: New exhibition aims to broaden understanding of Africa through art and cultural history
Description: A new exhibition in western Germany is hoping to expand the public’s perception of Africa via art and cultural history.
“The True Size of Africa” is at the Völklingen Ironworks and features works by artists from across the continent.
Photographic portraits, paintings, video installations, and sculpture—26 works that organizers say explore Africa, addressing its cultural history, intellectual traditions, and challenging stereotypes.
“We underestimate the whole role in history and the own history Africa had before colonialism. All this is part of this show, and this is what we aim to show: how big the influence was from African people beca...