Staging Africa through its own lens in Shanghai
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As mysterious as Agbodjelou's portrayal of the unique Yoruba tradition, Italian-Senegalese Maïmouna Guerresi's The Girls in Their Private Garden (2016) capture elegant, elongated black female Muslims levitating in a dream-like space as though they were in a moment of transforming or reaching spirituality, spotlighting the strength, royalty, and beauty of African Muslim women.