• DOI:10.1215/10757163-1496489
• Corpus ID: 190758466

Africobra Manifesto?: “Ten in Search of a Nation”

@article{Donaldson2012AfricobraM,
  title={Africobra Manifesto?: “Ten in Search of a Nation”},
  author={Jeffery Donaldson},
  journal={Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art},
  year={2012},
  volume={30},
  pages={76 - 83}
}

• Jeffery Donaldson
• Published 20 March 2012
• Art
• Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art

<p class="summaryheading"><span class="summaryheading">In the AfriCOBRA manifesto Donaldson describes the origins of the group and its aesthetic principles:</span></p><p> “The <i>expressive awesomeness</i> that one experiences in African art and life in the U.S.A. like the Holiness church . . . and the demon that is the blues, Alcindor’s dunk and Sayer’s cut . . . <i>Symmetry</i> that is <i>free</i>, repetition with change, based on African music and African movement . . . We want the work to look like the creator made it through us . . . We want the things to shine, to have the rich luster of a just-washed ’Fro, of spit-shined shoes . . . Color that shines . . . Color that defines, identifies and directs . . . Coolade colors for coolade images for superreal people.” </p>