PortuguêsSarah Ndele
1991, lives and works at Kinshasa, Congo.
Congolese visual artist, studied visual arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa. In her work, Sarah addresses issues related to memory, roots and the current state of education or initiation in “Bas-Congo”, now called Kongo Central, within the Yombe ethnic group. It is inspired by Yombe masks and interprets them in its own way using plastic. His technique is called “matsuela”, meaning tears, symbolizing that even with tears, we can build a new Africa. She also employs painting as a medium, displaying Masonika writing and palette knife technique on canvas.