Jacqui Palumbo, CNNA former photojournalist, Aïda Muluneh now creates images that pose questions, rather than offering answers. Muluneh has spent years creating surrealist photographs of stately African women bearing symbols that reckon with conflict, history and power. “Whenever I have an opportunity to display my work in very public spaces, I usually engage with those kinds of projects,” she said. “To speak in silence,” as with her other images, bears signifiers instantly recognizable within her culture, Muluneh said. World events are rarely neat, and Muluneh resists the idea that open discussions mean having to take hardline stances.

Source: Ethiopian News March 17, 2023 18:22 UTC