Revista ZUM 26

The youruba perspective

Ayrson Heráclito & Amanda Bonan

“My mission is to exorcize history,” said Ayrson Heráclito, in a lecture given in 2016. Since the 1980s, Heráclito, an artist, professor and curator from Bahia, has been clarifying the misconceptions of the Eurocentric historical narrative and its biased and racist perspective. His interest in the Yoruba culture and its origins in Nigeria, as well […]