Hi all, we are back with a new episode of Eziokwu, Speaking Truths. In this episode we speak with two artists from the current AAF exhibition Shout Plenty. Chisom Ikeorah “Chi-Fada” (NG) and Audrey d’Erneville (SEN) talk us through their methodology and inquiry taps into personal and global narratives. The exhibition “Shout Plenty” features 31 contemporary artists across Africa exploring the role of art as a powerful and revolutionary instrument to reconstruct the dominating institutions. The title “Shout Plenty” is coined from Fela Kuti’s 1986 LP “I Go Shout Plenty” through which he laid bare the ambitions and need for liberation of his generation.

In the first of a two part episode , we reflect on the first few episodes of Eziokwu, Speaking Truths. This week we look back at the first four episodes and the themes that the exhibitions, programs and guests we hosted brought to mind. From the two exhibitions, Unusual Suspects and Flower Boy to the YECA program and artists residencies at African Artists Foundation in Lagos to LAPA in Johannesburg, we talk to artists, curators and cultural producers on the role that art plays in the community.

This week on Eziokwu, Speaking Truths we are once again joined by Teesa Bahana, Mike Mavura, Ukhona Mlandu and Njoki Ngumi. In the last of a two part series, we continue on from last week’s unpacking of Renzo Marten’s art film White Cube. We delve deeper into our conversation and touch on questions of agency, the politics of sustainability, hierarchies, power structures and models that are community driven. *SPOILER WARNING - the podcast episode contains spoilers throughout in reference to the documentary.

Welcome back to Eziokwu, Speaking Truths. In this week’s episode we continue our discussion around the unpacking of Prince Emmanuel Adewale Oyenuga’s suitcase and its significance today. Joined by Dr Carmen Perez, Moritz Nuemueller and Asya Yaghmurian, we reflect on his journey from Nigeria to Spain and the impact of this on his artistic practice. We look at the suitcase as symbolic of a larger human question that touches on themes such as migration, identity, the archive and the value of a collection.