I depict Africa, my Africa, Africa in which I live more than half of my life.
I depict Africa, which I am trying to comprehend and have already been able to love.
I depict Africa for those who want to know and see it with different eyes, a different look, far from exotic stereotypes and bias.
Africa is a land, people and their history, beautiful and terrible, quiet and stormy, generous and cruel, like all humanity, capable of both the worst and the best ...
I depict for children, for African children. I depict for them so that they can open the door to another world, fabulous and kind, and find a different look at what surrounds them.
I depict for the people they will become ...
I depict for myself, so as not to forget the Beauty of this world behind everyday worries, to find myself and find answers to my questions, to cross the bridge separating me from others, to find my way into the unknown reality, to just Be ...
Ana Svetlana Amegankpoe, 2021

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