Martin Barlow, curator of the exhibition Moving Into Space at the National Football Museum talks about the exhibition.
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Moving Into Space
28th August, 2012
Martin Barlow, curator of the exhibition Moving Into Space at the National Football Museum talks about the exhibition.
Three WFF artists talk about their work
23rd August, 2012
Barthélémy Toguo, Lucy Azubuike and Nnenna Okore, three of the exhibited artists, talk about their work and their interest in using materials which reflect the lifestyle and experience of the people of West Africa.
The Art Bus
23rd August, 2012
The Art Bus was created to travel all over Manchester providing free art and music performances and workshops for local communities inspired by the music and contemporary art of West Africa in the We Face Forward exhibition.
Emeka Ogboh remixes the city
14th June, 2012
Twin track Dakar
31st May, 2012
Flying off to Dakar, Senegal, just as we begin to install We Face Forward is not the sanest scheduling but the opening of Dak’ Art, the longest running biennale in Africa, was an unmissable event.
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Barthélémy Toguo, Lucy Azubuike and Nnenna Okore, three of the exhibited artists, talk about their work and their interest in using materials which reflect the lifestyle and experience of the people of West Africa.
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Reviews
Nine countries show off their talent as five city venues link up for a summer celebration. Helen Nugent in the Guardian
Street life, dazzling dress, social commentary and a riot of sensuous colour interweave in a rich assembly of West African art, writes Charles Gore in the Times Higher Education