no heroine

mahader:

western history equals white mythology

interview with artist mahader tesfai:

[i] what does this photo mean?

[mt] this photo is meant to challenge the status of history

[i] is it a western myth?  

[mt] yes, precisely. that is the question.  

[i] what informed this photo?

[mt] dialogues and readings of angela davis, edward said,  matthew shenoda, g.c. spivak, arundhati roy, homi bhabha

[i] what is  the role of third world narratives?

[mt] to decolonize history 

[i] who is the photographer?

[mt] my friend duwayno robertson

(via tranqualizer)