Africa - Nuno Coelho

Africa
Em que pensas quando lês a palavra África?
Que imagens, pensamentos ou idéias vêm à tua mente?
Que preconceitos ou estereótipos constróis em seu torno?
Quantos deles são realmente verdade?
What do you think of when you read the word Africa?
What images, thoughts or ideas comes to your mind?
How many preconceived ideas or stereotypes do you
build around it? How many of them are actually true?
Instruções:
Lê as perguntas na página seguinte e procura pelas respostas
na terceira página. Complementa as respostas com mais
informações na quarta página.
Instructions:
Read the questions on the following page and search for the
answers on the third page. You'll find further information
about the answers on the fourth page.
Página 2 – Perguntas
Page 2 – Questions
1. De 61 territórios africanos, dos quais 53 são independentes,
quantos se consideram nunca terem sido colonizados?
1. Out of 61 African territories, of which 53 are independent,
how many of them are considered never have been colonized?
2. De 53 países africanos, quantos nunca foram uma ditadura
ou um regime autoritário?
2. Out of 53 African countries, how many of them never have
been a dictatorship or an autoritary regime?
3. Quantos países na África continental subsariana têm uma
esperança média de vida de mais de 65 anos?
3. How many countries in mainland sub-Saharan Africa
have a life expectancy at birth of more than 65 years?
4. O que faz com que muitos governos africanos desaconselhem
o uso de preservativos, embora as taxas de HIV - Sida estejam
entre as maiores do mundo e os países sofram de enorme
excesso de população?
4. What makes many African governments discourage the
use of condoms even though HIV and AIDS rates are among
the highest in the world and the countries suffer from massive
over-population?
5. De que modo um casal gay no Uganda poderá amarrar
o nó se uma lei, actualmente em discussão, for aprovada?
5. How will gay people in Uganda tie the knot if a law,
currently under discussion, is approved?
6. Que ligação há entre o actor americano Johnny Depp
e a Somália?
6. What links American actor Johnny Depp and the country
of Somalia?
7. O que comprarias se te dessem $ 100000000000
(cem biliões) de dólares zimbabueanos?
7. What could you buy do if you were given $100000000000
(one hundred billion) Zimbabwean dollars?
8. Quais foram as ferramentas mais usadas na construção
das fronteiras existentes em África?
8. What were the main tools used in establishing up the
current borders in Africa?
9. As dez principais causas de morte no Ruanda em
1993 foram (por ordem) HIV - Sida, infecções respiratórias,
diarreia, problemas relacionados com a gravidez, tuberculose,
acidentes vasculares cerebrais (AVCs), doenças
cardiovasculares, malária, acidentes de viação e sarampo.
Consegues adivinhar qual a principal causa no ano seguinte?
9. The top ten causes of death in Rwanda in 1993 were
(in order) HIV/AIDS, lower respiratory infections, diarroheal
diseases, perinatal conditions, tuberculosis, cerebrovascular
disease, ischaemic heart disease, malaria, road traffic accidents,
and measles. Can you guess which one was the number one
cause the following year?
10. Qual a causa que se crê estar na origem da guerra
do Darfur no Sudão?
10. The main cause of war in Sudanese Darfur has been
linked back to what cause?
11. Em que país africano as actuais taxa de mortalidade
infantil e a esperança média de vida são as mesmas de
Portugal em 1939?
11. In which African country is the rate of infant mortality
and the average life expectancy currently the same as those
in Portugal in 1939?
12. Qual a maior indústria de cinema do mundo, a seguir
a Bollywood na Índia, em termos de número de filmes
produzidos por ano?
12. What is the second largest film industry in the world,
following Bollywood in India, in terms of the number of films
produced per year?
13. Qual é a principal causa de conflito na Nigéria, o país
mais populoso de África?
13. What's the main cause of conflict in Nigeria, Africa's most
populous country?
Página 3 – Respostas
Page 3 – Answers
1. http://www.flagsandanthems.com/media/flags/flag-liberia.gif + http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Ethiopia_flag.gif
2. http://unimaps.com/flags-africa/namibia-flag.gif + http://z.about.com/d/africanhistory/1/0/L/9/Botswana-flag.jpg
3. http://www.jrillustration.com/images/Portfolio1-advert/0Blank.jpg
4. http://en.wikivisual.com/images/e/e9/Small_crucifix.jpg
5. http://www.siliconindia.com/news/newsimages/hanging-rope2.jpg
6. http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/744px-pirate_flag_of_rack_rackhamsvg.png
7. http://media.readersdigest.com.au/dynamic/09/62/43/egg.jpg
8. http://www.chinatraderonline.com/Files/Household/DIY-Tools/Tape-Measure/Square-Steel-Ruler-23155691299.jpg
+ http://www.funfacts.com.au/images/lead-graphite-pencil.jpg
9. http://247things.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hunt-knife-fallkniven-f1.jpg
10. http://vastate.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/glass-of-water.jpg
11. http://www.inghamroadseafood.com.au/products/large/Cooked-Endeavour-Prawns.jpg
12. http://cityscoper.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/nollywood-011.jpg
13. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414XpwhV68L.jpg
Página 4 – Mais informações
Page 4 – Further information
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
4. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/17/pope-africa-condoms-aids
5. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7034335.ece
6. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325980/ + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide
10. http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/World_News_3/article_6808.shtml
11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_in_the_Niger_Delta
Página 5 – Sobre o projecto
Page 5 – On the project
Africa
Africa
Um projecto de Nuno Coelho desenvolvido para a exposição
colectiva Troca-se por Arte que ocupou montras de lojas
da cidade do Porto, Portugal, nos dias 16, 17 e 18 Abril
de 2010. O projecto Africa ocupou as três montras da Casa
Africana localizadas na esquina da Rua Passos Manuel com
a Rua do Ateneu Comercial do Porto.
A project by Nuno Coelho developed for the collective exhibition
Troca-se por Arte (Exchange for Art) which occupied shop
windows in Oporto, Portugal on the 16th, 17th and 18th of April
2010. The Africa project was presented in the three windows
of Casa Africana (African House) located on the corner of
Rua Passos Manuel with Rua do Ateneu Comercial do Porto.
http://africa.nunocoelho.net
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http://trocaseporarte.blogspot.com/2010/03/casa-africana-nuno-coelho.html
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