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Series Title: Liberty

Thiaroye 1944

2016

Omar Victor Diop

(Senegalese, b. 1980)
Culture
South Africa, 21st century
Medium
inkjet print on Hahnemüle paper
Measurements
Image: 80.5 x 109.8 cm (31 11/16 x 43 1/4 in.); Paper: 92.5 x 111.8 cm (36 7/16 x 44 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund 2020.229
Edition
Artist Proof, 1/1
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Although the story of Thiaroye is one of violence, Diop emphasizes hope instead, symbolized by the flowers.

Description

These men represent Senegalese Tirailleurs, West African soldiers serving in the French army. Those who had been prisoners of war in World War II learned that they would receive no back pay and smaller pensions than white prisoners of war. They protested at Thiaroye; some were killed and many imprisoned. That revolt sparked a nationalist movement in Senegal that eventually liberated the country from French colonial rule.
Photograph of a central Senegalese figure with a dark skin tone in a red cap and green military uniform turning to look at the viewer, his hands behind his back. Behind him are rows of Senegalese men with dark skin tones in identical uniforms, facing away from us and vanishing into a black background. Across the lower edge, in front of the central man are yellowed flowers.

Thiaroye 1944

2016

Omar Victor Diop

(Senegalese, b. 1980)
South Africa, 21st century

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