Wq/tn/Lesley Lokko

Lesley Lokko

Lesley Lokko ka ngwaga wa 2010

Lesley Naa Norle Lokko OBE (yo o tshotsweng ka ngwaga wa 1964 kwa Dundee, kwa lefatsheng la Scotland) ke moagi wa dipolane tsa matlo wa Mo-Ghana le Mo-Scotland, morutegi le mokwadi wa padi.

Dikinolo

• "Ke akanya gore dipholo tsotlhe tsa setso ke mofuta wa kanelo. Mongwe o kile a re setso ke maduo a dikgang tse re di ipolelelang ka rona. Ka jalo, go na le tlhokego e e tseneletseng thata ya go bua sengwe, go abela sengwe. Mo dipotsong tse tsa koloni, boitshupo, kgaolo, le ditso, go na le maikutlo mo gare ga dingaka tse dintsi tsa bantsho gore ga re ise re ko re nne le sebaka sa go bolela dikgang tsa rona, mme karolo ya tiro ya go busetsa se se latlhegileng ke keletso ya go bua. Ka ditsela dingwe, Biennale e nnile maitemogelo a a fodisang, mofuta wa go tswala ntho, ga phatlha."
  • Maria-Cristina Florian, The 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale as a Healing Experience: In Conversation with Curator Lesley Lokko, Arch Daily, May 23, 2023.
• "Ga ke solofele gore pontsho e e tla ruta ope sepe, ga ke akanye gore ke pontsho ya sengwe. Seo ga se reye gore batho ga ba kitla ba ithuta sengwe mo go yone. Mme ga ke batle gore ope wa batsayakarolo e nne ene a laelang gore thuto ke eng. E tshwanetse go balwa mo go yone. Se ba se dirileng ke go ntsha kgang ya boammaaruri, ya mmatota, e ka dinako tse dingwe e leng kotsi. Se se diragalang ka kgang eo ka tsela nngwe ga ba kgone go se laola. Se ke solofelang gore bareetsi ba se tsaya mo go sone ke mofuta wa go bulega fa pele, go ka bo go nnile le go atamalana, kgotsa go sa batle go dirisana le yo mongwe, e seng ka melawana ya rona, mme ka melawana ya bone."
  • Maria-Cristina Florian,The 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale as a Healing Experience: In Conversation with Curator Lesley Lokko, Arch Daily, May 23, 2023.
• "Ke tshono ya go bua le lefatshe lotlhe ka ga Aforika, le gape go bua le Aforika go tswa fano (Venice). Bokgoni jwa go nna dilo tse mmalwa ka nako e le nngwe — tsa setso le tsa sejwalejwale, tsa Aforika le tsa lefatshe, tsa bokoloniale le tsa go ikemela — ke tlhale e matla e tsamayang kontinenteng le Diaspora. Re tlwaetse go tshwanelwa ke go akanya ka didirisiwa, ka go tshuba lebone le le senang netefaletso ya motlakase. Re kgona go lwantshana le diphetogo. Bokgoni joo jwa go fenya, go buisana, go tsamaya mo tikologong ya motho bo tlile go nna botlhokwa."
  • Patricia Leigh Brown, Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennalee, The New York Times, May 14, 2023.
• "Fa o le MoAforika, o bua le lefatshe le le nang le pono e e leng teng ya gore o mang le gore o mang. O tsamaya ka mofuta o wa letshwao. Ka jalo mo go nna, Biennale e ne e le tshono ya go bua ka letshwao, go le lebagana le lone ka tsela nngwe, mme gape le go bontsha ka fa tlase ka fa re tshwanang ka teng."
  • Patricia Leigh Brown,Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale, The New York Times, May 14, 2023.
• "Ke ne ke ntse ke akanya ka ‘letso’ jaaka setlhopha se se maatla sa boitlhamedi sa go batlisisa le go tlhagisa maikutlo. Ke ne ke lapisitswe ke go leka go batla tsela ya go bua ka boitshupo, letso le Aforika mo boagi jo bo neng bo se ka ga lehuma fela le ‘go sa tlhomama,’ lefoko le ke le tlhoileng."
  • Patricia Leigh Brown,Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale,The New York Times, May 14, 2023.
• "Go na le sengwe ka katiso ya moagi se se tshwanelang motlha wa rona thata: ke ka go kopanya tshedimosetso e e sa tshwaneng mo thulaganyong. Boagi bo amana le se se fetang fela go aga dikago."
  • Debika Ray, Curator Lesley Lokko on the Venice Architecture Biennale: ‘It’s about a world that’s yet to come’, Financial Times, May 18, 2023.
• "Baagi ba na le maatla a go fetola setso sa kafa re agang ka gone le kafa re akanyang ka gone ka ditsompelo."
  • Debika Ray, Curator Lesley Lokko on the Venice Architecture Biennale: ‘It’s about a world that’s yet to come’, Financial Times, May 18, 2023.
• "Agona tiro epe e e tshwanelang botshelo jwa motho,"
  • Debika Ray, Curator Lesley Lokko on the Venice Architecture Biennale: ‘It’s about a world that’s yet to come, Financial Times, May 18, 2023.
• "Tatelano ke sengwe se o se dirang, ka go aga ditshono."
  • Debika Ray, Curator Lesley Lokko on the Venice Architecture Biennale: ‘It’s about a world that’s yet to come, Financial Times, May 18, 2023.
• "Bokao jo bo kgethegileng jwa Aforika, jo bo nang le dikgwetlho tse dintsi le jo bo nang le boitlhamedi jo bontsi, bo raya gore ke lefelo le le maatla le go ka sekasekiwang dikgang tse di tla laolang ngwagakgolo o o latelang go tswa mo go lone – phetogo ya loapi, phetogo ya loago, phetogo ya palo ya batho, mefuta e mesha ya puso, go nna mo ditoropong mo go runyang."
  • Lizzie Crook, Africa a "powerful place from which to examine the issues that will dominate the next century" says Venice curator Lesley Lokko, Dezeen, May 17, 2023.
• "Isago yotlhe ga e a tlhomama. Re dira sotlhe se re ka se kgonang go bonela pele isago."
  • Lizzie Crook, Africa a "powerful place from which to examine the issues that will dominate the next century" says Venice curator Lesley Lokko, Dezeen, May 17, 2023.
• "Lentswe le le laolang mo ditsong e nnile lentswe le le lengwe, le le kgethegileng, le phitlhelelo ya lone le maatla a lone a itlhokomolosang dikarolo tse dikgolo tsa batho — ka madi, ka boitlhamedi, ka kgopolo — jaaka e kete re ntse re reeditse le go bua ka leleme le le lengwe fela."
  • Nadia Neophytou,Lesley Lokko Speaks About a More African Architecture Biennale,okayafrica, 6 April 2023.
• "Phetogo ke selo se le sengwe se mongwe le mongwe a se goang le go se eletsa, mme fa tota se goroga, batho ba le bantsi ga ba se batle. Ke selo se se raraaneng."
  • Nadia Neophytou, Lesley Lokko Speaks About a More African Architecture Biennale,okayafrica, 6 April 2023.

Diphirimolo tsa Letsatsi

• "O tshwanetse go ipatlela. Fa o kopana le ene gape, o tshwanetse go itse gore o mang. O ntse a batlisisa gore ke mang.''
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• "Phatsimo ya tsitsipano e e monate e ne e ka se nne ya bofora, e seng ka tlhwatlhwa epe fela. Ka jalo fa o tsamaya, ke gone o lemogang gore o ntse o tshela mo maakeng."
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• "O ne o ka ruta motho jang gore a falole? O ba supile tsela e e siameng mme o solofela gore ba tla thuma, e seng go nwela. Go tsoka, e seng go nwela. Go na le dilo tse di botlhokwa thata mo botshelong go feta boitumelo jwa motho ka bongwe. E ne e le serai se se motlhofo go wela mo go sone, go tsaya gore go tlhoka go ikaela ke go bontsha lorato ka phoso."
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Tšhokolete e e botlha

• "O ne a tla e rata. Fela jaaka a ne a mo rata. A ema go sekae, menwana ya gagwe e ama setshwaro sa lebati. O ne a ratana. Temogo e ne ya tla mo go ene ka tshoganyetso fela."
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• "Go ipona molato, Ameline o ne a lemoga, e ne e le kakanyo e e boitshegang, e e sa laolesegeng, e e tshwanang le go opa ga meno - go ngongorega mo go bodutu, mo go sa kgaotseng, mo go sa kgakaleng le go tlhokomelwa. Fela fa o ne o tlwaetse go nna teng ga yone mo go dumang, mo go tlhotlhorang, e ne e tla go tlhaba, e go tlhotlhora, e go emisa o sule mo ditseleng tsa gago. Se se maswe go gaisa e ne e le gore, e ne e sa bonelwa kwa pele gotlhelele."
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• "E ne e sa tswalelwa - o ne a bula letlhabaphefo. Mo teng go ne go na le tšheke ya didolara di le sekete. E dirilwe go ene. Go tswa go Daniele. E ne e le go itaya mo gogolo mo sefatlhegong.''
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Dikinolo ka ga Lesley Lokko

• "Ene (Lesley) o dirisa Biennale jaaka serala sa go atolosa tiro e a ntseng a e dira ka masomesome a dingwaga. Lesley o kgona go baakanyetsa ba bangwe le go senola mafaratlhatlha a mo go bangwe ba rona a ntseng a le teng ka metlha."
  • Toni L. Griffin as quoted in Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale,The New York Times, May 14, 2023.