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...Natasha Becker This article takes a critical and intimate look at Okwui Enwezor’s work in South Africa during the 1990s and asserts that the international exhibition he curated in Johannesburg in 1997—the Second Johannesburg Biennale, Trade Routes: History and Geography —is an important lens...

... direc• tion of the Nigerian born, American based Okwui Enwezor, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale entitled "Trade Routes: History and Geography", takes the concept of "global traffic in culture" as its curatorial and philosophical point of departure. Above: Shirin Neshat, Anchorage, 1997, video...

... to unify under the Biennale's aegis, try's currently animating spirit, as borne out within the framework of the show's theme, on the one hand by the celebratory disman• "Trade Routes: History and Geography." tling of apartheid, and on the other by the The collision of the these three issues...

... of both our careers. thoughts visually through some of the works of We worked on shows like Trade Routes: History and mine included in Okwui s curatorial projects over a Geography, Second Johannesburg Biennale, South number of years. Africa, 1997; Mirror s Edge, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Swe- den, 1999 2000...

... Biennale, Trade Routes: History and Geography, 1997. Courtesy and © Penny Siopis 166 Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art 48 May 2021 DOI 10.1215/10757163-8971538 © 2021 by Nka Publications It was 1996, and Okwui had set up a temporary West. He would be recounting their shared ambi- home...

... Williamson, "Looking Back, Looking Forward: An Beyond: Rethinking Art in a Reconstructed Society:' both in Trade Overview of South African Art," Liberated Voices, Contemporary Art Routes, History and Geography, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997; and From South Africa, Frank Herreman and Mark D'Amato, eds...

... for (if not an academic and thus it was clear that the Second Johannesburg Biennale, Trade Routes: there were other factors driving the outcome of our History and Geography, he explained that his goal as CFP. So, what was the reason for the frankly anemic the chief curator was to examine the history of glo- response...

..., change between Dakar and the rest of of rest the and Dakar between change all trade, commerce, travel, and ex and travel, commerce, trade, all...

... and precarious immigrant laborers, the city s histories interweave and spill out into the present. These laborer s stories help him understand the trade routes and the crisis of human-influenced climate change that connect his South Asian homeland with that of Venice (rising water levels being one...

..., and a history of various religions we make our own, of techniques we exchange, and of goods we trade. The cultural history of the continent can hardly be understood outside the paradigm of itinerancy, mo- bility, and displacement. It is this very culture of mobility that coloniza- tion once endeavored to freeze...

... of closely shot images, Papa - R R within the moment of representation. that those trading in illegal oil are to speak, as it is the harbinger of mod - Geography is not defined by physical each work addresses more formal, phe - george’s camera moves across the sur...

... of closely shot images, Papa - R R within the moment of representation. that those trading in illegal oil are to speak, as it is the harbinger of mod - Geography is not defined by physical each work addresses more formal, phe - george’s camera moves across the sur...

... of closely shot images, Papa - R R within the moment of representation. that those trading in illegal oil are to speak, as it is the harbinger of mod - Geography is not defined by physical each work addresses more formal, phe - george’s camera moves across the sur...

... of closely shot images, Papa - R R within the moment of representation. that those trading in illegal oil are to speak, as it is the harbinger of mod - Geography is not defined by physical each work addresses more formal, phe - george’s camera moves across the sur...

...- there is power. liamsburg, to the histories and stories of the Indian The problem, according to Žižek, is that these Ocean trade routes. Instead, Fernandes elects to take attempts to see with totality, to know and master, up Africa, and while specific nods to Kenya emerge...

..., which Enwezor himself referred to as narrative of postcoloniality.17 Already, as the curator interlocking constellations of discursive domains, of Trade Routes: History and Geography, the title of circuits of artistic knowledge production, and re- the Second Johannesburg Biennale (1997), Enwezor search...

... afterlife has been a driving force behind Shonibare s artistic practice ever since the beginning of his career, around the same time that he participated in the second Johannesburg biennial Trade Routes: History and Geography, which Enwezor directed in 1997. Shonibare has since become so widely recognized...

... and Travelling in a Restless World, Trades Routes: History and odds, because that right to speak, either politically, Geography (exhibition catalogue for the Second Johannesburg culturally, historically, or economically, had been Biennale), ed. Matthew DeBord (The Hague: Greater Johannesburg systematically...

.... visa, which is often difficult to obtain. For exam• The continuing effects of the transatlantic slave ple, the United Kingdom now requires Jamaicans trade and the subsequent ravages of colonial rule to carry a visa. have ensured that the familial bond between As a first...

..., with Quelimane as its capital, boasts a rich tradition shaped by migrations, trade, and colonization. Quelimane emerged as a cultural epicenter, thanks to its port and role in the triangular trade. Although Frelimo, post-independence, sought a uniform culture, the political tide turned toward decentralization...