In 1968, Augusta Conchilia, a journalist and photographer, went to Angola to document the guerrilla warfare conducted by the liberation movement against the Portuguese occupation. Her documentary film A Proposito dell’Angoloa (1971) drew the attention of the international community on the oppression of the Angolan people. How can visual culture challenge oppressive power systems? How does it raise questions of witnessing and responsibility vis-à-vis African independence movements?
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