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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sankalp sonkusare I feel sorry for you bud I didn’t even bother
Yippie
I agree that art gives us power to be ourselves.
Ted Ed: AFRICA, AFRICA, AFRICA!!!
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 Youtube that give Africa the credit it deserves.
Pack Guar there should be an African YouTube science channel dedicated to uplifting Europe, Europeans, and Europeans achievements.
Anything to appease those people
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.
tray4168 lol shots fired.
I can’t believe this is TED comment section. It’s full of jealousy, insecurity, ignorance and immaturity. How do these people even know about TED?
Fun fact *this is only on Ted YouTube.*
Most of the commenters here seem to be morons. They don’t even watch the video. They see a video with something about women/non-white people/LGBT and they immediately come to shitpost in the comments like the ignorant dumbasses that they are, without even listening to what the speaker says.
I’m not the one to care about comments, but *if you want some better discussions, watch the video on TED’s website.* The audience over there actually watches the video before commenting, and even critical comments are objectively on point, instead of the blind ignorant stupidity you find here on YouTube.
Thunder Cat fun fact, you’ve just made is aware of another place to go and offend people, we are in your debt.
That’s such an ignorant retort to what he just said. You’re clearly part of your description of the comment section.
So you’re saying that the TED comment section is like Africa? Full of jealousy, insecurity, ignorance, and immaturity…and don’t forget the witch hunts.
Grizzlyman MeinTeil, fun fact, the moderators of TED’s website don’t allow mindless shitposting. That is why in the rare occasion some moron comes to talk nonsense that doesn’t even address the points made in the video, said moron is dealt with quickly.
Lmao at all of these snowflakes triggered that a continent exists
Hey guys, just wait until you hear about where our species was born
WE WUZ KANGZ
Why do you unironically think human life first came from Africa? It didn’t.
+Lorem Ipsum
See, if you wanna bait people in the TED comments section, you’ll have to change your name now and then. I know you’re “that guy” and so I know you’re just trying to bait. 1/10 by virtue of getting me to reply though
TED goes to Tanzania, and films a few talks about African people and culture. They put these talks up online and are met with racists criticizing them for doing it for no particular reason. And the criticism isn’t about the content of the video, its just about the fact that Africa is in the title. Exactly what about a talk about African art do people find offensive?
UPROAR 91 well said.
BLM is explicity “hey, stop killing black people and letting the killers get away with it because they are cops”, nice non sequitur
“you are neither wanted nor invited to the continent of Africa.”
Wow, that’s too much. I was looking forward to getting malaria, having crippling diahrrea, and watching people get murdered.
Lorem Ipsum … Or you could just stay in America where not only can you get shot more often than in any other developed nation, it’ll also cost you 10s of thousands of dollars to not die from it.
Lorem Ipsum some of the most advanced cities, and the fastest growing post industrail societies are in Africa.
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.
Ted is jumping on the bandwagon of liberal social justice Warrior propaganda. Like all people are equal and it’s just something that is holding black people down.
D Wa He’s probably an alt-righter as well.
World Traveler Blue eyes aren’t really a thing. In fact, color really is an illusion. 😀
Waaaah, people are starting to wisen up and grow out of the burden they have been put in, waaaaahhhhh. Definitely not a world traveler….
Because they show african art? i don’t know dude, maybe you just get offended easily
Wtf? You just can’t understand that these people are trying to show another side of Africa? To show that africa isn’t just about war and hunger? And also, it’s not about black people, it’s about africans.
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
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….
Pretty sure this is actually am African channel
I came here to troll, but that really is some beautiful artwork.
I watched it for a little bit until the painting with the lady with hijab was shown. Ug, ugly culture.
Oh and I highly doubt the women that don’t want to wear a hijab are allowed on the internet. Can’t debate them can you. You’re selfish by thinking hijabs are ok for all muslim women because you wear one. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42858394
You must be joking…
Respond to this: “Many Muslim women have a choice when it comes to wearing a hijab, but others are indeed forced to cover up, and will face consequences in their communities if they don’t comply.”
You have to sign up to be a nun. Nun garb doesn’t require you to cover your face. A nun can live a normal life if they don’t wear their garb. What do you think i’m joking about?
Ben Lambert
So i dont get it, are u against the head cover or face cover? Cause you keep bringing up stuff about face cover…
I just came here to check if the comment section ist toxic or not
Clemens Wager pretty toxic as usual buddy
Entartete Kunst
How is there art either some how worse than today’s “modern” art or on par with the average Facebook wall?
Everything is fine. Just channel’s name should be changed to ‘ted-africa’.
pity how so called westerners lose their mind and get offended by the name of africa, islam, and asia. people don’t realize how west is dying with the threats of bankruptcy, losing arts and innovationss. rising white supremacy will aid this slow decay.
Lol you don’t see westerner calling for death to the middle east. Pity how people can only see what they want to and not the whole picture. Russia went bankrupt is that the west? Japan has very high debt. Are they the west? And where are you getting that there’s a rise in white supremacy? Show me something not just anecdotal evidence.
Art does tell powerful stories! Way to go Touria.
Any one from morocco ?
there are more African artist please do more research thanks
Art is important in every way when you look at it and when ypu thinl of it