In TELLUS, Dickson Mbi Turns to the Mami Wata to Confront Climate Change
A dance work with an original soundtrack follows a young boy through a drought-stricken village, weaving together immersive sound and eight dancers of global heritage into an epic exploration of humanity’s estrangement from nature
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The Protocol Is the Border
The Sovereign Stack · Part Six Fifty-nine people lent their voices to teach a machine Dholuo, on the condition that no one clone them. Nothing shows whether that holds once the recordings leave the platform.
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