Mimesis: African Soldier

A commission by NAE with 1418-Now. NAE launched the film at Imperial War Museum, London in 2018 and is currently being presented at NAE alongside a curated selection of works responding to the theme of absence. This new multi-screen installation by artist John Akomfrah remembers the millions of African and colonial soldiers, labourers and carriers who served in the First World War. Projected onto three screens, the artwork combines newly created film, shot by Akomfrah in locations around the wo...