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ARAR - SOMALIA


2002

Muhbo, 2002

Gouache on paper (detail)

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ARAR - SOMALIA
2002

Ethiopian Somalia

“There are three types of men: those who look after their families, those who kill them, and those who don’t do a damned thing.” Muhbo

Abstracts

"(…) The repression of the SNM (Somali National Movement) by Siad Barre’s army provoked, in 1977, a mass exodus of Isaaq Somalis to the border near Ethiopia (the Ogaden War). In 1991, the SNM’s assumption of power led to another wave of exile to the same destination, this time of the Gadaboursis, said to be the allies of Siad Barre. And at the start of 2002, there were still one thousand refugees listed by the HCR, scattered among seven camps along the Ethiopian border. I accompany Vincent who is in the field to oversee the sound repatriation of the first 600 or so refugees from the Camaboker camp to their natal Somalia.

We rush along at breakneck speed in the UN vehicle. Several times, a truck suddenly emerges from an opaque whirlwind of dust, racing in the opposite direction. Several drivers have apparently been bribed to go in a different direction… Vincent will deal with the border authorities. It’s not his problem. The refugees are free to return or not return."

Extract from Zoé Zoé, Femmes du mondes, 2007, Éditions Gallimard

Works

ARAR - SOMALIA 3532
Souhoura, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache enhanced silver print
30 x 40 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 3534
Souhoura 2, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache, pencil and collage on paper
33 x 42 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2804
Aïcha, prêtresse de Zar, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache enhanced silver print
65 x 80 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2806
Aïcha, prêtresse de Zar 2, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache enhanced silver print
80 x 65 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 3536
Aïcha, prêtresse de Zar 3, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 3538
Aïcha, prêtresse de Zar 4, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache on paper
30 x 21 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2814
Rues d'Harar, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache on paper
30 x 21 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2816
Rues d'Harar 2, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache on paper
30 x 21 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2818
Rues d'Harar 3, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache on paper
30 x 21 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2820
Neïma, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache enhanced silver print
40 x 30 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2822
Neïma 2, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Pastel on paper
46 x 37 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2826
Muhbo, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2828
Muhbo 2, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2830
Muhbo 3, 2002

Ethiopian Somalia
Silver print
40 x 60 cm

Maps

ARAR - SOMALIA 2793
Map of the Horn of Africa, 2001

Gouache on paper
80 x 60 cm

ARAR - SOMALIA 2794
Map of the Horn of Africa 2, 2001

Gouache on paper
80 x 60 cm

Books

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