From Mask to Mask-Cans: Reflections on Heritage and Modernity in Romuald Hazoumè’s Work - post
Romuald Hazoumè (born 1962, Porto-Novo, Benin) began his artistic training unintentionally. Between the ages of 10 and 12 years old, he made masks as part of a Kaléta group.Romuald Hazoumè, interview by the author, March 23, 2025. Kaléta is a tradition mainly carried out by children that was imported to the Republic of Benin in the mid-19th century by former Afro-Brazilian slaves who returned to Africa and settled in Benin.| post
