“African nations that fought and won independence from European powers are still being shaped systematically by the colonialist social and political institutions that presently govern in Africa,” says Kudzanai Chiurai. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ In the multi-media works that comprise Kudzanai Chiurai’s series We Live in Silence, the artist uses female protagonists to propose a new image of a post-colonial future. Chiurai’s artworks articulate a profound, provocative resistance to that history by placing black women at the center of a new, global narrative drawn from a wide range of cultural sources. We Live in Silence projects an alternative history and a reimagined future, one where black Africans reject the traditional images and mythology of colonialism, and women take center stage. ⁠ ⁠ Pictured: Kudzanai Chiurai, We Live in Silence XVIIII, 2017, Pigment inks on Fiber paper ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #kudzanaiChiurai #contemporaryart #photography #DressUpSpeakUp