Tag: sacredness
Fighting in Ethiopia: “The sacredness which protected the site and the city of Lalibela has been shattered”
On November 9, 2023, the Ethiopian federal army regained control of Lalibela in Amhara, after the departure of the local militia who had previously seized it. These clashes have raised…
Beninese artist Sanda Amadou links art, sacredness and ecology
With him, no garish colors, no flashy characters, no spectacular scenes. Sanda Amadou builds in her paintings a surprising void in the middle of a particular “forest”. The 44-year-old Beninese…