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} }
<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…
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