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Iyeza formed part of visual artist Kudzanai Chiurai’s recent series State of the Nation - which explores juxtaposing the past and the present of the continent in the grip of violent civil wars. The film slows down 8 seconds of footage to 11 minutes, depicting the establishment of a new African nation state through an allegory of the Last Supper.

“On a continent that has experienced more violent conflict than any other, State of the Nation follows an individual’s narration of events that lead up to the inaugural speech by the first supposedly democratically elected prime minister. This leader styled along many of our existing leaders, retells the history of a people from another time, but still Africa’s time…” says the artist. The film also formed part of Chiurai’s installation Conflict Resolution at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel Germany in 2012