African Film Institute: Sosena Solomon, Mpho Matsipa, Natacha Nsabimana
<p>A conversation between filmmaker Sosena Solomon, designer and urban scholar/theorist Mpho Matsipa, and anthropologist Natacha Nsabimana.</p> <p>This episode was recorded at e-flux Screening Room before a screening of <em>Merkato</em>, curated by Natacha Nsabimana. Sosena Solomon’s <em>Merkato</em> is a documentary tracing the lives of four people as they navigate the demands of life and work in one of the biggest markets in Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Filmed on location in Merkato, before a radical architectural transformation, Solomon’s documentary invites us to ask expansive questions about space, architecture, transition, and preservation.</p>
Authors: Sosena Solomon, Mpho Matsipa, Natacha Nsabimana
Part of: e-flux podcast