Tebogo Sees Himself in Africa Shafted for the First Time
After Africa Shafted was aired on SABC I received a call from Tebogo Ramaselele who had received numerous calls when friends saw him on TV. "Instant celebrity status", he said. We met in Melville, so I could finally give him a DVD copy. We filmed his response to seeing himself for the very first time. See the clip he was watching. "Just met the lovely @gridartoriginals #IngridMartens for coffee, producer of award winning documentary film #AfricaShafted. A documentary fi
Africa Shafted in Tel Aviv Exhibition: South of the Sahara: Accelerated Urbanism in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa—a multitude of nations, cultures and geographic expanses—is gripped nowadays between preserving communal traditions and accelerated economic liberalism. A massive Chinese presence is translated into developing infrastructures and new cities; however, most "African urbanism" is manifested in survivalist solutions for informal towns. The exhibition presents projects by architects, cinematographers and artists from Africa, Europe and Asia, representing the dra
Africa Shafted in the Béton Exhibition in Vienna, Austria
EXHIBITION Béton MUSEUMS QUARTIER 25/6 2016 until 16/10 2016 We truly think your film “Africa Shafted. Under One Roof” illustrates the social perspectives of living in a landmark like Ponte in a poignant way. It would be a great contribution to our exhibition since it depicts a portrait of a community that consist of migrants from all corners of Africa that share not only the same residence but the same experience of being a foreigner. It reflects on the history of South Afri
