Gallery of Modern Art
John Akomfrah - Mimesis: African Soldier
November 2024
I was in Glasgow and decided to have a look in Glasgow's Modern Art
Museum. It is known as GOMA. I was pleased I did. There was a fantastic film on. Three screens were set to up show African Soldier.
Amoving film to rewrite history.
There is no spoken narrative on the film.
I was in Glasgow and decided to have a look in Glasgow's Modern Art
Museum. It is known as GOMA. I was pleased I did. There was a fantastic film on. Three screens were set to up show African Soldier.
Amoving film to rewrite history.
There is no spoken narrative on the film.
Millions of African soldiers, laborers and carriers participated in the First World War on the African continent and on the Western Front in Europe. John Akomfrah would everyone to appreciate the involvement of Africans in the First World War.
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Over six million African, Caribbean and South Asian people from across former colonies who fought, served, and died in the war.
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