Date of Award
Winter 1-6-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Serubiri Moses
Second Advisor
Howard Michael Singerman
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda C. Klich
Abstract
This thesis explores Afropolitanism's conceptual-philosophical grounds and how its principles are mirrored in the arts. Achille Mbembe’s conceptualization is presented as a form of cultural cosmopolitanism, as shared by the artists presented, further distilled as a dynamic, forward-looking, emancipatory ideology that favors Africanness as open-ended signifier rather than overdetermined sign.
Recommended Citation
Frank-Witt, Petra, "Afropolitan Manifestations in Contemporary African Art: Mobilizing Achille Mbembe" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/836