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Contributor
Eric Otieno

Eric Otieno is a scholar, writer and facilitator interested in the intersections between social justice, postcolonial politics, the global ‘order’ and contemporary art and culture. He is a doctoral researcher and lecturer at the Department of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel, Germany.

Opinion
Why Restitution Won’t Happen If Europe Controls the Terms

Charges of ‘attempted theft of a cultural asset’ against Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza reveal the abyss of Europe’s self-referential legality

BY Eric Otieno | 25 NOV 20
Reviews
Olu Oguibe Creates Monuments to the Precarity of Survival

At Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, the artist reflects on the politics that dictate which lives matter

BY Eric Otieno | 17 SEP 20
Opinion
‘Black Is King’ but Beyoncé Doesn’t Share the Crown

The album is a timely affirmation for the global African diaspora, but it can’t be accepted as a universal representation of global Blackness. 

BY Eric Otieno | 14 AUG 20
Reviews
Larry W. Cook Photographs the Vulnerability of Black Fatherhood

The artist’s current exhibition at Weiss Berlin is a nuanced critique of the notion of Black masculinity

BY Eric Otieno | 23 JUL 20
Opinion
A Racist Painting Reveals the Blind Spots of German Art Institutions

A work by Georg Herold at Frankfurt's Städel Museum causes a debate on art museum's authority to judge on issues of racism

BY Eric Otieno | 17 JUL 20