THE LADY IN THE SWAMP: ART AS POLITICAL EPHEMERA

Dominique Malaquais is Senior Researcher at CEMAf (Centre d'Etudes des Mondes Africains), C.N.R.S., Paris; author of Architecture, pouvoir et dissidence au Cameroun (2002) and numerous pieces, fact and fiction, on intersections between cities, art, political engagement, and imaginaries of the future; Associate Editor of Chimurenga Magazine; and co-Director with Kadiatou Diallo of SPARCK (Space for Panafrican Research, Creation and Knowledge), Cape Town.