Living archiveReferences
A living research library.
An open archive of sources, influences, and citations — read across books, artists, exhibitions, archives, textiles, photography, film, and theory.
Film
Allah Tantou (God's Will)
David Achkar · 1991
Film
God Gave Her a Mercedes Benz
Katia Forbert Petersen · 1992
Film
The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975
Göran Hugo Olsson · 2011
Film
Concerning Violence
Göran Hugo Olsson · 2014
Film
Touki Bouki
Djibril Diop Mambéty · 1973
Film
Doomed Love Trope
Zahra Mansoor · 2025
Music
Miriam Makeba — Live at Berns Salonger
Stockholm, Sweden · 1966
Music
Bembeya Jazz National
Guinea · 1960s–70s
Music
Les Ballets Africains
Guinea, founded 1952
Books
Decolonising the Mind
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o · 1986
Books
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman · 2019
Books
Tengo miedo, torero
Pedro Lemebel · 2001
Books
In My Father's House
Kwame Anthony Appiah · 1992
Theory
The Black Atlantic
Paul Gilroy · 1993
Theory
Poetics of Relation
Édouard Glissant · 1990
Artists
Ibrahim Mahama
Sculpture, installation · Ghana
Artists
Samuel Nnorom
Textile sculpture · Nigeria
Artists
Viola Nimuhamya
Sculpture, fibre · Uganda / Norway
Artists
Zahra Mansoor
Painting, film · Pakistan / France
Artists
Stephen Price
Painting · United States
Artists
Juan Arango Palacios
Painting, textile · Colombia / United States
Artists
Sheila Hicks
Fibre · United States / France
Artists
El Anatsui
Sculpture · Ghana / Nigeria
Artists
Otobong Nkanga
Installation, drawing · Nigeria / Belgium
Photography
Malick Sidibé — studio archive
Bamako
Photography
Samuel Fosso — Self-portraits
Photography
Photography
Deana Lawson
Photography
Guinea
Sékou Touré era ephemera
Conakry · 1958–1984
Guinea
Indigo dye traditions of Futa Jallon
Living archive
Guinea
Futa Jallon historiography
18th–20th century
Archives
ARAK Collection
University of Johannesburg
Archives
Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre
Zambia
Archives
The Africa Institute — Sharjah
Research
Archives
Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
Paris
Black Atlantic
Images Caraïbes Film Festival
Caribbean · 1980s–90s
Black Atlantic
Pan-African cultural networks
Ongoing research