Hervé Youmbi

Through a close study of the human body in an urban setting, he asks questions about his city, the towns where he has stayed, and places he has passed through and dreams about getting to know more intimately.

In 2010, he explores the impact of global capitalism on the contemporary arts in Africa with his multimedia installation Ces totems qui hantent la mémoire des fils de Mamadou (These totems who haunt the memory of the son of Mamadou).

The photographic triptych Au nom du père, du fils et de la sainte monarchie constitutionnelle (In the name of the father, the son and the holy constitutional monarchy) from 2012 depicts the violence and uprising against of the dictatorial regimes in Africa.

[3] His installation Visages de Masques presented at Bandjoun Station (Cameroon) looks at the impact of colonization on the making of ritual masks in Africa during the era of globalization.

His works are in some leading collections, such as the World Bank and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington.

Portraits of five Cameroonian politicians who, in different historical periods, fought and died for independence