geração 80

Our Lady of the Chinese Shop, interview with Ery Claver

This condition ensured that we took on the production of the film without fear of making mistakes and also as an antidote to the idleness and uncertainty of the future. A good example is the stadium scene: when I wrote it, I imagined a crowd, but then Covid arrived and we couldn't even fit five people in. I was never afraid, because I know that reality and this mixture of magic forced me to find other ways of representing the same feeling. I know it may sound theoretical, but I think it's very real and rational. Because we're used to living like this in Angola. We have to make do with what we have, even for movies.

Afroscreen

09.06.2025 | by Marta Lança

“What are you willing to die for?” The presence of contemporary African art in Poland. Geração 80 at the Malta Festival.

“If it hadn’t been for World War II, African countries wouldn’t have been able to liberate themselves from colonial empires”. This observation, made by Mamadou Diouf – a Senegal-born Pole, activist and legend of the Warsaw music scene, during a debate organized in June 2019 as part of the 30th Malta Festival in Poznań seems to be a provocation rather than an objective statement of facts. The average Pole is unable to imagine that this cruel conflict, which began in Poland, could bring anything positive for humanity. In a country so profoundly affected by this war, Diouf’s statement is surprising, almost shocking.