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I see and restore the memory of forgotten people, of nature, which I celebrate in my creations

— Barthélémy Toguo

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These are not distant issues; they are lived experiences, and my own life is part of that story.

You have to have some critical distance vis-à-vis information, precisely to be able to tell intoxication from information

Animism is not simply our past—it can also be our compass for the future.

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