Inside Africa's thriving art scene | Touria El Glaoui

Art fair curator Touria El Glaoui is on a mission to showcase vital new art from African nations and the diaspora. She shares beautiful, inspiring, thrilling contemporary art that tells powerful stories of African identity and history -- including works by Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop, Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj and Zimbabwean painter Kudzanai-Violet Hwami. "It is really through art that we can regain our sense of agency and empowerment," El Glaoui says. "It is through art that we can really tell our own story."
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[@pugpugpugs5382]

Unlike some of these sorts of ted talks, this whole thing actually makes sense. Art is something which is typically unique to cultures, so a video on african art makes sense.

[@danielli123lolli]

Ted Ed: AFRICA, AFRICA, AFRICA!!!

[@packguar6617]

Considering pretty much everywhere else it is all "AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA", and basically nobody talks about Africa, it is a good thing that there is at least one popular channel on KZbin that give Africa the credit it deserves.

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

Pack Guar there should be an African KZbin science channel dedicated to uplifting Europe, Europeans, and Europeans achievements.

[@tray-oq1nj]

Anything to appease those people

[@tray-oq1nj]

Grizzlyman MeinTeil good idea. Just have them invent their own power source, their own video cameras and voice recording devices, their own type of internet, their own video sharing channel and their own devices to share it on "tv, comp, tablet,cell phone ect" you know since they say invented everything else we might as well ask them to try and invent even one of those. Sad how much those people need a pat on the back and someone to tell them good job for nothing but being a drain on society.

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

tray4168 lol shots fired.

[@GloryBlazer]

I agree that art gives us power to be ourselves.

[@lannyogarro1609]

1:20 This is so touching...

[@Smico85]

African month? Not complaining (yet), pretty interesting most of it...but I hope we get more diversity in topics the next weeks, this gets pretty onesided

[@tegofido]

Smi Co you cant crush the world, set up camp, and then expect the ashes, of those who were conquered, to not rise back up and grow in strengtht, and then call it one sided once they get the power of expression and ability of recognition by the platforms of the world. Facepalmed. But its not your fault for thinking that way. Its not your fault....

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

Pretty sure this is actually am African channel

[@princederulo4007]

Art is important in every way when you look at it and when ypu thinl of it

[@juliettegoddard5446]

Fantastic event grew up in Tanzania Dodoma

[@juliettegoddard5446]

Well done...it's a journey on the dialogue

[@sidneysullivan4899]

Grand learning experience!

[@juliettegoddard5446]

Really brilliant communicator

[@Ganji55]

BUT DO THEY KNOW DE WEI?

[@vision254media2]

It's a great presentation Touria EL Glaoui.

[@ARTWORKALLOEKAKI]

from JAPAN🇯🇵

[@aadi1]

Everything is fine. Just channel's name should be changed to 'ted-africa'.

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

I came here to troll, but that really is some beautiful artwork.

[@ricardopickman]

Really cool artists!

[@vorlonagent]

I'm happy Africa is finding it's own artistic voice but I will especially welcome the day that politics is no longer a required element in art, African or otherwise.

[@anthonyellis4668]

John Trauger political art is a huge mobilizer, im totally down for it

[@clemenswager4000]

I just came here to check if the comment section ist toxic or not

[@cocinaconamordemama2202]

BIEN BENIDA M GRACIAS POR TU APOYO Y AQUÍ ESTOY IGUAL YO APOYANDO BENDICIONES Y M SUERTE 🙏🙅🏽

[@user-ji6ze9pb2w]

Cool.

[@Mona-xw8nm]

Ce ci montre la variation culturel et historiques de l'Afrique c'est bon encore de ça svp !^^

[@rouissiachraf]

Any one from morocco ?

[@AhmedAbidine]

Who cares

[@ABDELHADINDIF]

Art

[@thelordmanell869]

I was searching abou thami el glaoui then i found his Granddaughter

[@መሰረት-ወ7ነ]

there are more African artist please do more research thanks

[@bhekazingcobo4307]

my ancients made art none yalls institutions can teach yal how to love, learning bout the mask nje for me i know what flows me is more than "art" yal just named it.

[@Humble_Merchant]

How is there art either some how worse than today's "modern" art or on par with the average Facebook wall?

[@End_er22]

cool video

[@reizin2115]

Brasil

[@gayatriuphade5904]

😶😶😶

[@chadw6983]

I watched it for a little bit until the painting with the lady with hijab was shown. Ug, ugly culture.

[@brideut]

Ben Lambert You can't even look at a painting of a woman wearing a hijab?

[@chadw6983]

I don't want too. Why not look at a painting of a woman without one?

[@DeoMachina]

Ahaaha, I've heard of Islamophobia but imagine being scared of the entire female population of the arab world lmao

[@chadw6983]

Lol you can think that. I don't like a culture that forces women to wear hijabs. I think it's ugly. You can't force me to like a culture.

[@chadw6983]

In some Arab countries women can't even drive yet. Enforced dress codes on women. Lovely culture.