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It is less about the depictions and more about how they make you feel or how it makes you understand, relate to a time removed from you. Then, the gaze is something that reminds you that you are not a member of their society.

— Cassi Namoda

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Why do we think vitiligo looks unusual, if not through an occupation of the white, Christian gaze?

I am interested in the in-between, like that in-between before crying or that in-between before laughing.

Today, Africa is, I think, in its most complicated and sensitive state.

I’m not looking for extremities; I’m looking for a middle ground that feels unusual, but where we can relate to what’s happening in the picture.

To me, painting just feels boundless and full of curiosity, and the ability to grow is there. That’s really intriguing to me because, in a human sense, that’s what life is all about.

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