Visual Arts in Cameroon. a Genealogy of Non-Formal Training 1976-2014

Annette Schemmel
African Books Collective
 9789956763603
9956763608

Annette Schemmel provides a highly illuminating case study of the major actors, discourses and paradigm that shaped the history of visual arts in Cameroon during the second part of the 20th century. Her.

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book meticulously reconstructs the multiple ways of artistic knowledge acquisition - from the consolidation of the "Systme de Grands Frres" in the 1970s to the emergence of more discursively oriented small artists' initiatives which responded to the growing NGO market of social practice art opportunities in the 2000s. Based on archival research, participant observation and in depth interviews with art practitioners in Douala and Yaound, this study is a must read for everyone who wants to better understand the vibrant artistic scenes in countries like Cameroon, which until today lack a proper state-funded infrastructure in the arts.