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My website is recorded by GOOGLE TRANSLATE. Some visitors head for it this way. The offered translations into English are still defective in crucial points, la voie vers le Francais est impratiquable.
I tried in vain to optimize the offered text till now. Did not see any resultat.
I use now the machine translation as a trampolin to find the right words improvising. It still needs 1 to 3 hours.
Therefore I shall produce short versions of some articles .

An expressive Mbangu Mask, Central Pende

18. Juni 2018 | dvg

Translated from the German Original (Link)

26cm high (visible 23) , 17.5 cm wide, 460g – Click to enlarge the icons

The mask is sweepingly generalized, inside coarse, but functional, e.g. with its wide channel between the eye openings. My face fits in perfectly, the view slightly downward is good. The edges are slightly rounded and show some shine. Willy knows the wood from Pende masks,

The front of the mask shows no superfluous cut or smoothing. So the the area covered by the cap was treated only with the chisel. On the black right side, slight blade marks give additional dynamics to the surfaces.

From the beginning I associate the performance of an excited dancer who is set to play the role of the cursed but militant man. Weiterlesen…

Zwischen Stilleben und Landschaft – Taschenalbum 1932 (aktuell!)

31. Mai 2018 | dvg

Hochgeladen am 14.12.2016

English Translation and a wonderful painting dated 1932 and signed Wiegmann – like emerging out of the fog!

> AT THE END

Ein kleines Taschenalbum von 11 cm Breite und 6 cm Höhe, in rotes Kunstleder gebunden, enthält heute noch sechzehn fotografische Reproduktionen von Bildern Wiegmanns vom Beginn der dreißiger Jahre. Die kräftigen Hochglanzfotografien von 6 x 4 cm bis 8 x 5 1/2 cm sind auf hellgraues oder grünes Papier geklebt, passend für die Zellophan-Taschen. Wir blicken auf sie wie aus großer Entfernung. Sie wirken in ihren kräftigen Schwärzen wie Miniaturen. Man ahnt mehr als man sieht. Details gehen unter, aber das scheint den Benutzer nicht zu stören. Die Bilder sind einfach da. Ikonen. War dies ein Album für die Westentasche, für das Reisegepäck zur eigenen Rückversicherung oder als künstlerische Visitenkarte für unvorhergesehene Gelegenheiten? Weiterlesen…

Social Defense in Northern Ivory Coast 1990 – 2011 (Blog version)

21. Mai 2018 | dvg

I published a Short Report of the Study in my Blog (in German) Here is an English Translation in a provisional version! 21.5.2018 v.Graeve

TILL FÖRSTER: LA PAX DANS AND ZONE DE GUERRE.
Politique africaine no.148 – décembre 2017, p.109-129

The term ‚social defense‘ may be not as common today as it was in the seventies and eighties (Link: Wikipedia), but it fits to the features of the crisis and activities described in the essay.
The title of Till Förster’s dossier says freely translated: „Peace in a War Zone. The Ivorian crisis viewed from below and over a long period“. The focus lies on ‚Islands of peace‘ in the area around Korhogo and Boundiali on the Ivory Coast. The author has done extensive fieldwork ever since 1979 to the present.
My ’translation’ is not authorized and does not claim to be literal. I want to popularize the fascinating story secluded in an academic paper. And to retell Till Foerster’s fascinating story in my way. The chiffres in bracket refer to the corresponding page in the original.

Lwalwa – danseur du „bangongo“

4. Februar 2018 | dvg

RENCONTRE

Is the Mangbetu Boy just Beautiful?

16. Februar 2017 | dvg

Songye – Belande -Luba : ‚Nkishi’ miniature

10. Februar 2017 | dvg

Published 14 february 2017

Original Version: 10 february 2017

What kind of figure?

Fetish (Nkishi): openings in the back and navel

Slave: her hands bound together – Felix (100 Peoples) mentions the traditional status of slaves.It cannot be someone else.

Beautiful woman: elaborate noble hairstyle with shaved forehead, straight and quite long neck with three rolls; The woman wears 11 tiny copper nails as ornament: 3 from the nose to the back, 2 to the eyes, 6 to the right and left of the temples; she has expressive bean eyes (elevations plus nails) and a disarming smile like a smiley face .She looks directly at the viewer with raised and marked eyebrows and sharp eyes, Her smile conveys serenity.She is very pregnant with an attractive belly, hollow lower back and nice buttocks.The attitude is impeccable. The master did nothing superfluous: no jewels on the fuselage (So sure, that she is Songye!) Weiterlesen…

TROIS GRANDES STATUES DU MAYOMBE (BAS CONGO) – frz.

26. Januar 2017 | dvg

Link au text original

25 janvier 2017|dvg

Le groupe de figures Yombe a initié, il y a un an, le „Projet Congo“ sur ce page Web mais il n’est y pas arrivé ici jusqu’à ce jour.

Je commence par les descriptions de la femme et du chien pour faire regarder les deux de plus près. Je présente des lieux où on trouvent tels groupes de figures, et je vais finir avec quelques réflexions sur la figure mâle.