Design Arts: Darius Dada Returns To Village Ordeals

Darius Dada an Artistic Director exhibited the day and night setting of his village, Maka at the French Institute in Yaounde On October 12, 2018. He called the project “Le Village enchanté de Meke” and presented it under the theme; “Village Universe”.

While exhibiting the work that took one month to construct, the architect said he wished to bring back to live those amazing details that could only be experienced in rural areas through the story of a village boy called Meke.

He highlights the fruitfulness and solidarity that exist in villages by bringing to play a setting made up of huts roofed with raffia, surrounded by green trees and a compound that harbours a family and a small kitchen all derived from the arts of painting, drawing, and design.

Going by him, the experiences of stooping to get in to a hut, stooping to drink water from a pond, moving and sleeping freely with no disturbances from noises produced by cars and other industries, can only be experienced when we bounce back to our villages.

Darius Dada said, “I gained inspiration from a world cup I watched in my village in perfect tranquility and ambiance. I wanted to ...