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African Australian artist collective creates its own exhibitions and community while changing the arts landscape – ABC News
Concerned that the Australian arts were failing both African artists and audiences, a group of African Australian young people started a collective that would carve out space and challenge institutions.
Back in 2014, friends Areej Nur and Samira Farah were regularly attending spoken-word poetry events in Melbourne.
“There were like a bunch of young African, Black people, jumping on stage and performing their hearts out beautifully. But unfortunately, the crowds didn’t receive them in the way that they anticipated,” Nur recalls.
“There were moments where they would say something that’s super profound, and there’d be the six of us in the background clapping and clicking because we see and hear …
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