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From “Life-Water” to “Death-Water” <i>or</i> On the Foundations of African Artistic Creation from Yesterday to Tomorrow

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Iba
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MIT
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The question of water crosses all African cultures—water as the critical factor for a happy life (life-water) or water mastered as a source of malediction (death-water). The aquatic nature of such a civilization appears then as the foundation of shapes and contents of African artistic expression. An analysis of various forms of creation shows that, without a lucid understanding of the power of water in the constitution of Africa's identity, it is impossible to interpret correctly African art from yesterday to tomorrow.

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