African modernism as network

Historical mechanisms

The live network will connect objects to people, institutions, places, publications and events. This first interface establishes the interpretive sequence without pretending that the archive is a linear chronology.

  1. 01

    Extraction

    Ethnographic mediation and the unequal conditions of visibility

  2. 02

    Reciprocal exchange

    Address, inscription and transatlantic recognition

  3. 03

    Wartime circulation

    Portable journals, letters and publishing routes

  4. 04

    Visual translation

    Images moving between publishing and exhibition

  5. 05

    Institutional consolidation

    Durable platforms and cultural authority

  6. 06

    African-centred production

    Local publishing, performance and artistic ecologies

  7. 07

    Continental expansion

    Institutional multiplication across African centres

  8. 08

    Global visibility

    Festivals, exhibitions and international staging