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As part of our #almanaccare series, curator Astrid Korporaal invited Ibrahim Cissé and Phumzile Nombuso Twala to use this space to reflect on their current artistic and care practices, as well as ongoing considerations into decolonising the arts. Cissé and Twala invited Zana Masombuka to join their conversation, which questions the contemporary cooptation of the word 'care' by the art world. It also considers ways in which the languages and practices of care should be embedded in notions of community rather than individualism, the many forms of extractivism in the Eurocentric, white art world, and the importance of dreaming other futures.

The conversation is unedited, and invites listeners to step in to its natural flow and energy.

 
Ibrahim Cissé is an independent creative and art facilitator, loosely working across filmmaking and poetry. He is currently based in London, UK.

Zana Masombuka also known as “Ndebele Superhero” is a Conceptual Director and Artist whose storytelling is focused on the evolutionary process of culture through the perspective of a 21st century Young Ndebele Woman. She draws a lot of her inspiration from her upbringing in rural KwaNdebele where the culture, history and heritage of the Ndebele people is widely practiced and celebrated. She is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Phumzile Nombuso Twala is a South African writer, arts practitioner and Funda Community College Creative Arts Incubation alum, currently studying (BA Hons) History of Art at Wits University. She is a 2019 alumnus of the Independent Curators International (ICI) Programme. She is co-founder of Curatorial Collective Inzalabantu with her creative collaboration partner Simangaliso Sibiya. As a Collective they are currently producing a project based on the history and heritage of the South African Minibus Taxi Industry. She was recently appointed Curator of the Oxfam South Africa (OZA) Inequality Report Exhibition, due to showcase at the Workers’ Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg. Her research interests are in Heritage, Archives, Museums, Collections, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Art Education, Participatory Practice, Social Justice and Development.

 
The project is supported by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts.