“If imperialist domination has the vital need to practice cultural oppression, national liberation is necessarily an act of culture”.
- Amilcar Cabral 1970
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"Art for me is a collective expression that comes from the uses and customs of the people and leads to their social, mental, cultural and political evolution. Art is a musical instrument full of messages. These are messages that the artist selects to put together in front of humanity.”
- Malangatana
“Art for liberation” holds that:
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art-making and cultural practice are rooted in own experience; making art (in any form) enables each person to understand lived events, and to create new concepts and frameworks from that understanding;
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expression through art is part of communicating to others; it builds collective understanding and shared vision; and
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this leads to mobilising and transforming the our community.