Voodoo Child
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This event will be held in English.
Organized by the Columbia Global Paris Center and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
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EVENT
This is a story of Black African child, blessed with the gift of dreaming unlike others do. This animistic and avant-garde installation and performance challenges the audience to be present.
PERFORMER
Haman Mpadire is a performance artist, dancer, and researcher born in Eastern Uganda, originally from the Busoga tribe. He graduated with a Masters degree of Arts, Literature and Languages in Dance from CCN – Paul Valéry University. He received the Pina Bausch Fellowship in 2023, following his participation in the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès “Artists in the Community” bursary scheme and the Institut français “Visas pour la création” program. His artistic practices probe experimental research around colonial systems and post-colonial theories. In his current projects, Haman is exploring animistic notions of the ancient Busoga kingdom and beyond along with the complex relationships between identity and visibility for black African bodies.
Mpadire is a 2024 – 2025 resident of the Reid Hall Displaced Artists Initiative, a program co-sponsored by the Columbia Global Paris Center and Institute for Ideas and Imagination, designed to support artists who have had to leave their countries of origin due to extreme circumstances (war, natural disaster, political oppression).
