MANIFEST Artists Reunite at Scopitone and Nantes Digital Week

MANIFEST announces artists and art collectives who create 12 artworks during
the MANIFEST residency programme – Artistic Journey artists and art collectives who create 12 artworks during the MANIFEST residency programme – Artistic Journey

The African courtier Tati-Desponts, on the Angolan coast, in the late 18th century

African courtier Tati-Desponts, on the Angolan coast, in the late 18th century July 6th, 2023 Guy Saupin The portrait of this courtier from Malimbe (extreme north of present-day Angola), a maritime gateway to the Kingdom of Kakongo, north of the Zaire River, has been handed down to us from an engraving inserted by the captain […]

MANIFEST Artistic Journey: 1st Residency!

MANIFEST announces artists and art collectives who create 12 artworks during
the MANIFEST residency programme – Artistic Journey artists and art collectives who create 12 artworks during the MANIFEST residency programme – Artistic Journey

Christianity, the Atlantic trade in enslaved African peoples, and enslavement

Christianity, the Atlantic trade in enslaved African peoples, and enslavement June 15th, 2023 Guy Saupin The Christian doctrine on enslavement drew on ancient Greek philosophy and the confrontation with Islam in the Middle Ages. When Atlantic trade in enslaved African peoples was at its peak, Christian Churches lost interest in the subject and became fully […]

Christianisme, traite africaine et esclavage

Christianisme, traite africaine et esclavage 15 Juin, 2023 Guy Saupin La doctrine chrétienne sur l’esclavage s’est nourrie de la philosophie grecque antique et de la confrontation avec l’islam au Moyen ge. Au temps de la traite atlantique des esclaves africains, les Églises chrétiennes se désintéressent du sujet et s’en rendent totalement complices, en opposition surprenante […]

Black presence in Enlightenment Europe

Black presence in Enlightenment Europe June 14th, 2023 Erick Noël The Black people presence in 18th-century Europe was by no means insignificant, fluctuating according to statistics between 4,000 and 5,000 individuals in France and 15,000 in England in the last quarter of the century. This presence first raises the question of the “black” color, which, […]

La présence noire dans l’Europe des Lumières

La présence noire dans l’Europe des Lumières 14 Juin, 2023 Erick Noël La présence noire à l’échelle de l’Europe du 18e siècle n’est pas insignifiante, et oscille selon les statistiques entre 4 000 à 5 000 individus en France et 15 000 en Angleterre dans le dernier quart du siècle. Cette présence pose d’abord la […]

Atlantic Africa in the autobiographies of former slaves

Atlantic Africa in the autobiographies of former enslaved June 13th, 2023 Guy Saupin Life in Africa and the trade of enslaved people along the African coast are rarely mentioned in the autobiographies of former slaves. These accounts raise problems of interpretation due to the context of their writing, and must be confronted with historical data. […]

La traite esclavagiste espagnole

La traite esclavagiste espagnole 13 Juin, 2023 Guy Saupin Avec plus d’un million de captifs embarqués (soit 8,5 % de la déportation opérée), le pavillon espagnol se place au quatrième rang de la traite africaine atlantique, loin derrière l’ensemble Portugal/Brésil et la Grande-Bretagne, assez proche de la France. Le profil en est très spécifique, avec […]

ARTIST NAME

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. Lorem Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. Lorem Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. Lorem

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.