With his camera, he opens a new window on the Africa he knows: the one that dreams and acts, with optimism and ambition. A self-taught artist, Omar Victor Diop fits directly into the heritage of African studio photography by Seydou Keïta or Malick Sidibe. A genre of which he knew how to appropriate the codes, but also to free himself from them. He talks to us about his work on the themes of a humanity concerned with nature and the living, his rereading of the history of black protest, figures of the African diaspora forgotten by Western history as well as the photographic album that he signs for Louis Vuitton devoted to Deauville, a city that reminds him of his native Dakar.
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Where is the “Great Green Wall” project in the Sahel?
It is one of the most prominent projects in the face of the climate emergency: the Great Green Wall. The objective is to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land in Africa on an 8,000 km long strip stretching from Senegal to Djibouti. This initiative, which should also make it possible to fight against food insecurity in one of the regions most affected by malnutrition in the world, aims to be completed by 2030. However, on the ground, the project is far from have succeeded. Only 15% of this barrier of trees has so far been erected.
Connected objects made in Benin
500 billion dollars by 2025! This is what the connected objects sector in Africa should report, according to Cisco Systems, the American specialist in connected networks and servers. In Benin, a start-up has launched in this sector. It gives digital life to everyday objects. Ties, purses, bags or even shoes can be controlled remotely.
Source: France 24
