In museum-rich Paris, the Dapper Museum is amongst the least spectacular. It has an unremarkable faade and lies far from the
stately Louvre and Orsay museums. But since the second week of February, striking images of African women at its entrance is
drawing a lot of visitors to Dapper.
The images by the Cameroon-born Dutch photographer Angele Etoundi Essamba are part of an exhibition of artwork on African
week. The exhibition that has artwork from Congo, Mozambique and Cameroon will run till July. Most of the figures seem to
show a reverence for mothers.
"In African societies, a woman who cannot have children may feel excluded. Not being able to have children is a huge burden.
This exhibition is dedicated to all such," 47-year-old Essamba said. Some of the most arresting pieces in the exhibition
depict women with infants suckling.
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