Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs

Civil Society Organization

Location: Cairo, Egypt

ecfa-egypt.org

Description:

The Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization and one of the leading Egyptian civil society organizations in the field of Egyptian foreign policy. It is characterized by the diversity of professional backgrounds and includes distinguished diplomats, academics, military personnel, businessmen, writers and public figures.

Eisenhofer, Stefan. African Art. Los Angeles, CA: Taschen America, 2010.

With examples from every region of the continent - from Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo as well as a dozen other countries including Madagascar and South Africa - this book demonstrates the wide variety of African art, describing the social and religious background without which this art, which today is increasingly threatened with extinction, could not be understood.

[Source: Amazon].

El Anatsui

Sculptor/Artist (installations)

Location: Nigeria

@elanatsui.art

info@merideancreativecentre.com

Website: elanatsui.art

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Idris Elba

Actor

UK

‍instagram.com/idriselba/?hl=en

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El Glaoui, Touria. “Inside Africa’s Thriving Art Scene.” Filmed in August 2017 at TEDGlobal. Video, 07:48. https://www.ted.com/talks/touria_el_glaoui_inside_africa_s_thriving_art_scene?language=en

“Let’s talk about how the narrative of Africa is being told, and who is doing the telling. I want to share with you the selection of work by contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora. I love this art. I find it beautiful and inspiring and thrilling, and I really hope I am able to pique your interest.”

[Source: Excerpt from introduction].

Eliard, Stéphane. L’art contemporain au Burkina Faso [Contemporary Art in Burkina Faso]. Paris: Harmattan, 2002.

African art has seen renewed interest in the West in recent years. However, African countries don’t benefit equally from it. In Burkina Faso, which remained on the fringes of these developments, we are currently seeing the emergence of a real art world. This book analyzes the conditions of its evolutions and gives an overview of contemporary art in this country.

[Source: L’Harmattan, adapted and translated from French].

Beti Ellerson

Filmmaker

Location: USA

‍researchgate.net/profile/Beti-Ellerson-P

Ellerson, Beti. “African Women of the Screen at the Digital Turn” Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media 10 (2015): 145-159.

https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.10.09.

When I conceptualised the Sisters of the Screen project as a book and film, I envisioned an “imagined community” of kindred spirits, a “sisterhood” where the screen was their ultimate point of convergence. The screen is where their images are read; whether it’s a movie screen, television set, video monitor, computer screen, tablet or mobile phone, for a director, producer, film festival organizer, actor, critic or spectator the screen is the ultimate site where the moving image is viewed, interpreted and understood. With the phenomenal development of screen culture as a result of the digital turn, I return to the “screen” as a conceptual framework that integrates screen media, and their associated devices and technologies; hence, the concept “African women of the screen” as the organising principle. This report examines the impact of the digital turn on African women of the screen, how their cinematic gaze has evolved, developed, and transformed with the evolution of new technologies such as the Internet and, in particular, the emergence of social media.

[Source: Article abstract].

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