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Freedom Rock
Washington Post – May 6, 2008
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Cruising on the Nile
Jamaica Gleaner – May 6, 2008
We start looking for hieroglyphic cartuches tall rectangular names of rulers repeated for posterity. At Medinat Habu we visit the temple of Ramses III whose military exploits are recorded on the walls many still in the original colours of lapis lazuli red ochre and black preserved when Christians centuries later plastered over the offending images. We learn that arms across the chest depict pharaohs in death while legs forward from the side depict their actions when alive. We learn to observe the blue sky and stars painted on tomb ceilings that the pointed tip of an obelisk is to catch the first ray of sunlight the sun Ra being the source of all life. We learn to look for outstretched vulture wings symbolising Upper Egypt while the cobra symbolises Lower Egypt – together they represent a unified kingdom. With so much to learn I welcome leaving Luxor and while some guests sunbathe on the top deck as we travel the river I look at life through the zoom lens of a video. Feluccas small sailing vessels with turbaned captain in robes looking much like temple guards glide past… Feluccas small sailing vessels with turbaned captain in robes looking much like temple guards glide past. Lush palm trees line the Nile and beyond the green swaths rise desert dunes beige sprinkled with sun-baked blackness. Women wash clothes much as along the Rio Cobre though many have wide flat metal basins. Rectangular houses appear two three even four storeys high painted aqua pink green or left in brown brick mud with small satellite dishes atop and lines of clothes drying in the sun. Boys play soccer occasionally cattle graze on the narrow strips of green. We encounter fishing boats one man rowing the other casting a net. As we pass a town minaret in the distance a woman in black burqua strides to the riverbank and flings in a white plastic garbage bag carried off in the river’s current.
Zimbabwe: Hwati’s Towards Redemption – a Jigsaw Puzzle
AllAfrica.com – May 6, 2008
In this regard blue becomes the colour of melancholy as in blue Monday or rhythm and blues music. And yet the piece could be driving home a religious point. The blue colour the about-to-take-off posture and the disengaged engine and bits and pieces of parts are like death where the body stays behind while the spirit flies towards heaven (or hell). While it’s not clear whether Hwati chose the Volkswagen because it was available or he did so for a specific reason this make has its own history that goes back to the Nazi era. Relevant LinksSouthern AfricaArts Culture and EntertainmentZimbabweThe idea of the Volkswagen (family car) came from Adolf Hitler in 1933 who wanted a car that carried five people and the forced labour prevalent at the factory. In that case those who suffered under Nazi rule will have their own interpretation of the piece of art. Maybe Bhagat was right.