Today the news about tonton Ouattara Barou reached us. I met tonton during my first trip to Guinea. We travelled together with Binta to get married there. Tonton was very welcoming from the first moment we met. Took his time to eat with us the first morning after the arrival. Explained the way of life in Guinea and spoke of Mali, where he comes from. Tonton was caring and funny, took his time to show us the city and his plantation and cattle farm. He called me a ‘good coloniser.’ It is thanks to that joke I could laugh harder when I heard it in ‘Black Panther’ movies ;) . He is the one who said ‘We will show Bartek all colours of Africa’ after a family dispute, the words I used later as the title of mine and Ewa’s exhibition at FfotoNewport and the zine we produced on this occasion.
Tonton Barou RIP
Tonton Barou RIP
Tonton Barou RIP
Today the news about tonton Ouattara Barou reached us. I met tonton during my first trip to Guinea. We travelled together with Binta to get married there. Tonton was very welcoming from the first moment we met. Took his time to eat with us the first morning after the arrival. Explained the way of life in Guinea and spoke of Mali, where he comes from. Tonton was caring and funny, took his time to show us the city and his plantation and cattle farm. He called me a ‘good coloniser.’ It is thanks to that joke I could laugh harder when I heard it in ‘Black Panther’ movies ;) . He is the one who said ‘We will show Bartek all colours of Africa’ after a family dispute, the words I used later as the title of mine and Ewa’s exhibition at FfotoNewport and the zine we produced on this occasion.