Jacque Njeri
"To have Africans and our rich cultural tapestry represented in ways
we will be satisfied with in this genre, we have to be the ones writing
those narratives."
In her series MaaSci, digital artist Jacque Njeri (Kenia) fuses the rich aesthetics of the Masai, once the largest tribe in East Africa, with space travel. From time immemorial, the Masai have moved freely with their livestock between the borders of Nigeria and Tanzania. Njeri takes them further, into the universe.
Sunday, 15.15: Basma Abdel Aziz, Charl Landvreugd & Jacque Njeri: Protests in science fiction
Sunday, 15.15: Basma Abdel Aziz, Charl Landvreugd & Jacque Njeri: Protests in science fiction