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Empty riddles

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By Bárbara Rousseaux, Chéri Samba, Molemo Moiloa, Nare Mokgotho
| Africa Is a Country
Objects can change as a reflection of how circumstances of the people who carry them do so too. In cases of forced migration, the load is at once physical and psychological. Backpacks, plastic sheets, and duffel bags stretch and take on new forms and textures. These modified objects become adequate to carry personal belongings over long distances.
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The mirror and becoming

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By Chéri Samba, Cassi Namoda, Michael Armitage
| Africa Is a Country
“Shush, don’t tell Hooyo/mom” I had to learn How to transform this body To something I alone own Sometimes When the sun is about to set Towards the late horizons And the chaos of the city Descends behind the buildings I can feel my mother’s eyes Slowly penetrating my bones I can hear her whisper How dare that I took Something only she could own A mirror does not lie; it can dissemble. In the haunting space of Najaax Harun’s paintings, it often does.
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Entries, exits, permits

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By Sada Malumfashi, Lynne Brown, Brooks Marmon, Chéri Samba
| Africa Is a Country
On April 5, at the Juba airport in South Sudan, the United Stated deported a man in what became an international merry-go-round. South Sudan refused his entry, insisting that he is Congolese, and then deported him back to the United States. In response, Marco Rubio threw a tantrum and banned all visas of South Sudanese passports, plus sent this man again back to South Sudan. Because Africa is a country. I have a printed picture of Makula Kintu pasted on my work desk.
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