Women and anti-colonial activism in Cameroon

Women and anti-colonial activism in Cameroon

^{Josèfa Ntjam, still from Dislocations, 2022. HD film, 17 min. Written and directed by Josèfa Ntjam, in collaboration with Sean Hart and Nicolas Pirus. Co-produced by Aquatic Invasion Production, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati.} ^{Courtesy of the artist and NıCOLETTı, London.}

Women and anti-colonial activism in Cameroon

transfeminisms co-curator Christine Eyene will discuss Josèfa Ntjam’s video work Dislocations (2022) in relation to the figure of Cameroonian anti-colonial activist and writer Marthe Ekemeyong Moumié (1931-2009). Ekemeyong Moumié was the former wife of anti-colonialist and political leader Félix-Roland Moumié (1925-1960) whom she met in Lolodorf in 1947.

Revisiting Ekemeyong Moumié’s writings and journey, the talk will explore narratives of resistance from women’s perspectives, their legacies today, mutism, generational trauma, and how Josèfa Ntjam uses oral history, archive, and fictional imagery to engage with these topics.

Co-curated by Christine Eyene, Daria Khan, Jennifer McCabe and Maura Reilly, transfeminisms is a 5-chapter touring exhibition bringing to light a multiplicity of urgent, pressing, and ongoing issues faced by women, queer, and trans people across the globe.

In this chapter entitled ‘Radical Imaginations’, artists re-envision canons and icons of the past through a prism of dystopian futurism, feminist, and queer empowerment.

Find our more on transfeminisms – Chapter II: Radical Imaginations

Women and anti-colonial activism in Cameroon

Monday 20 May, 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Free event, open to all

Mimosa House

47 Theobalds Rd

London WC1X 8SP