“…The struggle of black people inevitably appear in an intensely cultural form because the social formation in which their distinct political traditions are now manifest has constructed the arena of politics on ground overshadowed by centuries of metropolitan capitalist development, thereby denying them recognition as legitimate politics. Blacks conduct a class struggle in and through race. The BC of race and class cannot be empirically separated, the class character of black struggles is not a result of the fact that blacks are predominantly proletarian, thought this is true…”- (Frank Talk Staff Writers in ‘Azania Salutes Tosh’ – circa 1981)
front cover:
Tosh by Steve Gordon
back cover:
Kippie by Basil Breakey
Split Infinity by Jamil Osmar Parasol (Arak Collection, 2025)
A trip across the intersection between reality and its multiple possibilities of the future. Jamil Osmar (Parasol) is the curator of Split infinity: A glimpse into a harmonious future. Jamil is an Angolan curator, artist and video game developer. Split infinity was curated in 2023. He is the ARAK Collection third 2023 Curatorial Residency Fellowship Recipient. Split infinity: A glimpse into a harmonious future brings together selected works from the ARAK collection to carefully craft a story profoundly impacting us to stir public opinion in the hopes of creating a space where everyone can experience a minimalistic multiple choice narrative that addresses social, psychological and environmental themes in the African context; deconstructing the concept of afro-futurism, standing apart from Western narratives of progress and modernity. Split infinity presents beautiful, colorful and meaningful works by thirty-five contemporary artists.