The seminal exhibition by Meschac Gaba at Tate Modern dispels notions that African art is about the traditional or ethnographic.
Exhibitions of works by artists from Sudan and Benin have reflected a step change towards Tate’s more globalised view of modern art.
Africa’s reigning king of the avant-garde Meschac Gaba combines the outlandish with the mundane, writes Percy Zvomuya.