'The Bronze Men of Cameroon' Screening and Q&A with Professor Ayisi

Join Co-POWeR's Professor Florence Ayisi at Cardiff Campus, for a screening of her award-winning film 'The Bronze Men of Cameroon', followed by a Q&A hosted by Dr Palash Kamruzzaman.

Synopsis

The Bronze Men of Cameroon’ is an intimate portrait of a community of bronze artisans in Foumban, the ‘City of Arts’. Bronze casting is a valued cultural heritage of the Bamum People in the Western Region of Cameroon. This film presents bronze craftsmen at work. It presents rare insights into their expertise in producing unique bronze sculptures that are inscribed with symbolic images and narratives of collective memory, identity and the Bamum character.

The Bronze Men of Cameroon’ is also about threats to cultural continuity as global trends negatively impact on indigenous practices. Bamum bronze casting is endangered! The bronze craftsmen are facing challenges in sustaining and safeguarding their unique cultural heritage that has formed their collective social memory.

(In French and Bamum with English subtitles).

Please note this event will be filmed.

Tickets are free - but limited - so please book in advance.

Further information and booking via Eventbrite.

Important Information

Masks are mandatory (unless exempt) and we ask that you adhere to 2 metre social distancing inside the building.

Please also use the hand sanitiser available when you enter or exit our buildings and regularly wash or sanitise your hands.

Please do not attend the event if you are showing any symptoms which could be attributed to Covid-19.