As the saying goes, life is a struggle. And the twenty-first century has indeed fallen victim to humanity’s overexploitation of the environment. Despite the risk of creating a terrible imbalance, the same refrain occurs everywhere: we should resemble the metals and plastics we produce. Like them – thanks to them – we think we will last longer. But these hypothetical futures are destroying the present, in Bamako as everywhere else.

Exposition Panafricaine
Musée National du Mali

Bakary Emmanuel Daou (Mali)
Notre monde est-il durable ?, 2010