Muungano

While at the Sociedade Nacional das Belas Artes for the 50DE25 exhibition, I also had the opportunity to see the much larger exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Mozambique’s independence, proclaimed on June 25, 1975, following the April 25 Revolution and the Lusaka Accords. Unfortunately, by the time you read this article, the collective exhibition has already ended, as has 50DE25.

It was my intention to publish this blog entry weeks ago, but as we all know… Time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana.

The art on display show an intergenerational and pluralistic perspective on the trajectories of Mozambican artistic creation over the past five decades. The selected works reflect historical dynamics, political tensions, and forms of cultural resistance that span time. They invoke collective memory, ethnocultural discourses, and island life, configuring art as a space for emancipation and re-existence. These are not my words, but are the curators’ statement.