Saturday, May 5, 2018

BBC journalist Laeïla Adjovi wins Dakar Biennale art prize

The BBC's Laeïla Adjovi has won a top prize for contemporary African art with her series of photos on the theme of breaking free.
She won the Leopold-Sédar-Senghor Grand
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Prix at the 13th Dakar Biennale of contemporary African art.


Her work is intended to be a response to the way Africa is portrayed The character's name, Malaïka Dotou Sankofa, comes from "Malaaka" which means angel in Senegal's Wolof laguage and "Malaïka" which has the same meaning in Swahili. "Dotou" means "stay strong, determined" in the Fon language of Benin, where Laeïla is from. Sankofa means "return and get it" in Ghana's symbol language, Adinkra. It touches on the importance of learning from the past.
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