Presidential Portraits by Kehinde Wiley, This Time from Africa
For a new exhibition in Paris, the artist Kehinde Wiley, widely known for his portrait of President Obama, has created a series of paintings of African
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For a new exhibition in Paris, the artist Kehinde Wiley, widely known for his portrait of President Obama, has created a series of paintings of African
On September 28, 2022, the Guinean judicial authorities opened a long-delayed trial of 11 men – among them former government ministers and a former president – accused of responsibility for the 2009 Guinean security forces’ massacre of more than 150 peaceful demonstrators and rapes of scores of women in a stadium in Conakry, the capital. The trial is the first of its kind involving human rights violations on this scale before domestic courts in Guinea.
Amid recurring U.N. speeches and diatribes, Africa faces the imperative of self-directed development, demanding shifts in governance paradigms and...
Mr. Wiley, famous for his portrait of former President Obama, is now showing paintings of 11 current and former African heads of state. “This is not a celebration of individual leadership,” he said.
Since gaining independence, Africa has tested different governance systems, including democracy, with mixed results. The Guinean president criticized