Supported by Bottega Veneta, Air Afrique takes inspiration from a now-defunct pan-African airline, created “for a better knowledge of Black Africa”
Senegalese philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne, who reflects on how the geographies of Saint-Louis in Senegal, Paris, and New York have shaped him, as well as a story on the history of dancehall music in Martinique.BalafonAir AfriqueThe aesthetic of the magazine is like a documentary in print, seamlessly blending the past and the present.
It is brought together with photography shot in natural light, showcasing the geography, fashion, and architecture of Africa, which has meant a treat of authentic and scenic imagery. Franco-Sudanese Bottega Veneta designer Abdel El Tayeb has also designed ten afro-futuristic blankets to accompany the campaign imagery of Air Afrique, with the blankets created using wool, silver leather, and shearling found surplus in Bottega’s archive – on the back of the magazine is an image of Senegalese model Dara Gueye holding one.is published in French and English too. For editor-in-chief Amandine Nana, this linguistic duality is about raising the profile of French-speaking creatives.
But we also felt that in these current global conversations around diasporic, post-colonial identity, and African cultures, the contemporary French-speaking world is sometimes left out, although we used to play an important role in setting the terms of these conversations back to the time of cultural movements such as Négritude, Présence Africaine, African Renaissance, and Antillanité.
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