Inpired by the writings and the spirit of Léopold Senghor, Mansour Ciss and Baruch Gottlieb present, at the Dar'art Biennale 2002, the 'Afro' a cultural construct designed in the highest media-art tradition to infiltrate mass media consciousness and spur revelatory discussion and contemplations.
What is the economic reality of the former colonies of Africa?
Waht is the value of the money that we use every day?How is this determined? Who has a say?
The 'liberation' of of the former european colonies of Africa has not liberated their economies, most of which are still handicapped by the continued forced use of colonial currencies.
The AFRO was launched at 11am on the 10th of May, 2002 in Dakar Senegal at the opening of the 5th Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art...for an indepth report on the implementation of this currency art project please click here.