Lionel Manga, born in
Dschang
Dschang is a city located in the West (Ouest) Province of Cameroon, with an estimated population of 87,000 (est) in 2001, growing dramatically from 21,705 recorded in 1981. The 2006 Population is estimated to be 200,000 inhabitants.
Dschang is th ...
, is a
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
ian writer and cultural critic based in
Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Ai ...
. His 2008 book, ''L'Ivresse du Papillon'', discusses Cameroonian visual artists such as
Goddy Leye
Goddy Leye (24 November 1965 in Mbouda, Cameroon – 19 February 2011 in Bonendale, Cameroon) was a Cameroonian artist and intellectual.
His work is focused on videos, installations, conceptual art and theoretical contributions. He is the f ...
,
Guy Wouété and
Joseph-Francis Sumégné
Joseph-Francis Sumégné was born on 30 July 1951 in Bamenjou, Cameroon. Painter and sculptor since 1976, he is a self-taught artist. He lives and works in Yaoundé (Cameroon).
Biography
Influenced by the engravings and the tattoos that he obs ...
among others.
Life and career
After studies in Cameroon and France, in December 2007 he collaborated with the French artist
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and realized the work ''Bend Skins'', a collection of life stories of 500 motorbike-taxi-drivers on the occasion of
SUD Salon Urbain de Douala
The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala (meaning South - Urban Festival of Douala) is a triennial festival of public art and contemporary art organised in Douala, Cameroon. The festival had its first edition in 2007 and it is promoted by the art centre a ...
in December 2007. In 2015 he curated ''Presences'' an exhibition which focused on painting, sculpture and photography by Cameroonian artists at SCB in Douala and was featured in FACE-À-FACES, an exhibition profiling personalities from the cultural world in the salon prestige at Abidjan International Airport.
Since 2005, he has published in various francophone journals: Afrique et Méditerrannée, Local Contemporain, Riveneuve Continents, Politique Africaine, Douala in translation. Passionate about a transversality that he uncoils in his articles and columns for the newspapers Mutations (2001- 2003), Le Messager (2006-2008), this free radical, known for his frankness and casual mischievousness, has collaborated with doual’art regarding the question of urbanity in Cameroon, for the Ars&Urbis discussion series. He was invited to speak at the Ex-tensions, créations africaines et postcolonialismes conference in Rennes in 2009. His first book L’Ivresse du papillon.
''Regard sur le Cameroun contemporain. Ombres et lucioles'' dans le sillage des plasticiens was published in 2008 by the publishing house Edimontagne/Artistafrica.
Bibliography
* L'Ivresse du Papillon, Broché, 2008.
* Pensa, Iolanda (Ed.) 2017. Public Art in Africa. Art et transformations urbaines à Douala /// Art and Urban Transformations in Douala. Genève: Metis Presses.
Essays and articles
* “Douala, entre mangrove et macadam”, Politique Africaine 2005/4 (N° 100), p. 65-68.
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Whycome Kamerun be Bass Central?, Chimurenga 16: The Chimurenga Chronic, October 2011.
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Midway Between Silence and Speech, The Chimurenga Chronic, August 2013.
* “Wish You Were Here”, I'm Not Your Weekend Special:Portraits on the Life,Style & Politics of Brenda Fassie, 2014.
* "Catch le mango!", In Babina and Douala Bell (Eds), Douala in Translation. A view of the city and its creative transformative potentials, 2007, pp. 28–37.
* "Aesthetic escapades", In Babina and Douala Bell (Eds), Douala in Translation. A view of the city and its creative transformative potentials, 2007, pp. 103–109.
See also
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List of public art in Douala
This is a list of public art in Douala, within the city and its adjacent municipalities, including statues, sculptures, murals and other significant artworks located outside in public view.
Sites Permanent artwork
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References
1955 births
Cameroonian journalists
Cameroonian male writers
People from Dschang
People from Douala
Living people
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