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AllaprimA MuseuM
EXHIBITION 5 CONTINENTS 2006
EXHIBITION 5 CONTINENTS 2006
marthe elangue mouyenga
exhibition ‘5 continents’
the color of the world in the white winter of Finland
ELANGUE MOUYENGA Marthe Clotilde
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traditional dance scene, evening in the village
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back from farm
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African mask
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Cameroon decor
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Marthe Clotilde ELANGUE MOUYENGA is a young Artist
–and Cultural presenter. She is very much known by her nickname Elan. She
was born on the 19th February 1980 at Edéa, of a father and mother from Fan.
The Fan people live 35 km to the bakas (pygmies living in the forest zone
south of Cameroon).
she decided to get closer to the pygmies people in 1997 when she was only 17
years old. She spend a lot of time with pygmies, so as to better understand
their lifestyle.
She later on went to the National School of Cultural animators in 2000 – 2002,
after she worked for the Cultural and Artistic Space. She works with skin of
banana trees and raffia.
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more about the artist-in-residence
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