Diasporic Witnessing

Diasporic Witnessing

This article explores diasporic cultural texts that document suffering in homeland contexts. Analysing contemporary visual art produced by Nigerian artists based in Canada and Belgium, and engaging with canonical scholarship on witnessing, spectatorship, and diaspora studies, this article offers a...

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Main Author:	Chichi Ayalogu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nordic Africa Research Network 2025-03-01
Series:	Nordic Journal of African Studies
Subjects:	Nigerian diaspora postcolonial crises visual art witnessing spectatorship documentary
Online Access:	https://njas.fi/njas/article/view/1140
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