In the depths of a gloomy forest, one of the most revolutionary schools of its time emerges. While the West is overrun by Nazism, Black Mountain College blooms under the North Carolina skies in 1933. A one-of-a-kind institution known for its organic and free education, in which students study as much about the arts as they do about physics or chemistry, with the choice entirely up to them. The students had only one obligation: to practise community ethics by engaging in schoo

Anouchka in her art studio in Paris. Photography by Sharon Aléxie E. We are witnessing the dawn of a cultural revolution. Though its pace may seem slow, it is legitimate in many respects—particularly regarding the themes and modes of expression that are intrinsic to us, the descendants of Africa. For too long, we distanced ourselves from these elements, overwhelmed by a proliferation of conceptual dictates and by an imperialism disguised as abstract universalism. This return