Modern medicine may palliate the numerous health problems that accompany such physical degeneration, but only a return to traditional foods and
preparation techniques can ensure optimal health for future generations of Africans, both
in America and
in their
home continent.
I was interrupting the
preparations for her upcoming major retrospective, which opens at the Stedelijk Museum
in Amsterdam next month, before going to Tate
Modern in London and the Fondation Beyeler near Basel, and which represents the largest exhibition of the artist's work
in her adopted
home country to date.