Tones of Resistance
Channel: InsightShare
Date: 2022-11-10

"Tones of Resistance" focuses on the mbira. Featuring music and ceremony, performed and conducted by Miles Ncube, an mbira player and spiritual medium, the spiritual significance of the mbira resonants through the film. Religion as a mechanism of colonial control is also explored, through interviews with Thabo Muleya.

This film was created by young people from Oxford and Vienna, who took part in the BREATHE! project in August 2022.
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BREATHE! explores colonial histories, Black identity and heritage through African collections in European museums.

The project involved young people from across Europe who came together in the UK, France, Austria, Germany and Belgium to explore African heritage collected during the colonial period and create artworks capturing their discoveries, feelings and responses. This process gave rise to reflections on the colonial past and present, created space to celebrate Black identity and culture, and nurtured friendships.

This playlist captures some of the artworks created during the Oxford project: BREATHE! Histories of Colonisation in 3 Objects. In August 2022, 12 young people from Oxford and Vienna came together to research 3 objects from Zimbabwe and Nigeria in the Pitt Rivers Museum over 10 days.

BREATHE! is funded by Erasmus+ and the Arts Council England.