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Mapping Africa's Stance on ICC & Its Ascendancy in Global Art
Mapping Africa's Stance on ICC & Its Ascendancy in Global Art
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The criticism of the ICC's disproportionate focus on Africa coincides with a historic achievement for Africa in global arts, framing the continent’s move from... 10.12.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Mapping Africa's Stance on ICC & Its Ascendancy in Global Art
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The criticism of the ICC's disproportionate focus on Africa coincides with a historic achievement for Africa in global arts, framing the continent’s move from being the subject of external narratives to the architect of an independent future in institutional justice and intellectual discourse.
Today’s episode examines how the International Criminal Court (ICC), established as a beacon of universal justice, faces mounting accusations of being a political instrument with a disproportionate focus on African leaders. In his insightful conversation with Sputnik Africa, lawyer Andualem Bewoketu, who practices law in the Federal Courts of Ethiopia and is a keen analyst of international law, answers tough questions such as if the ICC’s focus on Africa is a coincidence or a pattern. How does its involvement impact peace, sovereignty, and the very fabric of internal politics on the continent? And most importantly, if the current system of the ICC is found wanting, what is the path forward for African judicial independence?This podcast also features Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who has been named the most influential figure in the art world by ArtReview Magazine's prestigious Power List—the first African to ever top it. In his discussion with Pan-African Frequency, he explains how his philosophy of restoration and reuse of discarded materials of Africa's economic history presents a radical model for a post-extractive economy, and his hopes for the recognition to elevate African art on the global scene.Tune in to listen to the full conversation with our guest on the Pan African Frequency podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on Telegram.► You can also listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Afripods, and Podcast Addict► Check out all the episodes of Pan-African Frequency
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Mapping Africa's Stance on ICC & Its Ascendancy in Global Art
The criticism of the ICC's disproportionate focus on Africa coincides with a historic achievement for Africa in global arts, framing the continent’s move from being the subject of external narratives to the architect of an independent future in institutional justice and intellectual discourse.
Today’s episode examines how the International Criminal Court (ICC), established as a beacon of universal justice, faces mounting accusations of being a political instrument with a disproportionate focus on African leaders. In his insightful conversation with Sputnik Africa, lawyer Andualem Bewoketu, who practices law in the Federal Courts of Ethiopia and is a keen analyst of international law, answers tough questions such as if the ICC’s focus on Africa is a coincidence or a pattern. How does its involvement impact peace, sovereignty, and the very fabric of internal politics on the continent? And most importantly, if the current system of the ICC is found wanting, what is the path forward for African judicial independence?
“The Global South now understands how the West operates. So, it's not only on ICC. In so many different cases, the West uses a double standard. They don't live what they preach. They only expect us to accept whatever they come up with and not to see when they are using a double standard. But do you think that's by design? I'm forced to think that's by design, because if you see this double standard in so many aspects, you start to doubt whether it is not even deliberate or not, because it cannot be an accident or a mere coincidence,” the lawyer indicated.
This podcast also features Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who has been named the most influential figure in the art world by ArtReview Magazine's prestigious Power List—the first African to ever top it. In his discussion with Pan-African Frequency, he explains how his philosophy of restoration and reuse of discarded materials of Africa's economic history presents a radical model for a post-extractive economy, and his hopes for the recognition to elevate African art on the global scene.
“I think that now that this [achievement] comes into the foreground, it means that it allows people to pay attention to the craft within the continent, not just the craft but also the intellect that it comes with. And for me, I think that's what is most exciting [...] I work with large groups of people to collect objects, things that we are all familiar with, things that we all share the memory of, but sometimes you don't really pay attention to it as something that is artistic. I'm interested in how we can put, we can resituate ourselves within that context, and then we can bring it into, like, the realm of art [...] We [Africans] share so much already. Before the transatlantic slave trade, through that till the current post-independent pan-Africanism. And I think it's very important for us to realize that at the end of the day, we all have a common mission, a common destiny. And how do we share that? I'm very much interested in how artists across the world can come together in order to be able to create spaces, knowledge systems, and forms that can sum up collectively that we can share, that can somehow create a common shared identity with us black people across the world, even in the diaspora,” the artist explained.
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