African culture: events in May 2022

"Metis" (detail), by Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle, will be exhibited during the 2nd edition of "African Crossings".

Courtesy Eric Dupont Gallery, Paris.

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Text by: Siegfried Forster Follow

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In Abidjan, Cannes, New York, Marseille, Ouagadougou, Paris, Tangier or Burgundy, indoors or outdoors, here are 15 African culture events not to be missed this May.

Don't hesitate to send us your “must-see” cultural events at rfipageculture@yahoo.fr.

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Memoria: Tales from Another History

brings together until August 21 at the Adama Toungara Museum of Contemporary Cultures (

) in Abidjan works of contemporary African art for " 

 ”.

Among the 14 artists from the African continent: Joana Choumali, Myriam Hihindou, Rachel Marsil, Enam Gbewonyo, Selly Raby... " 

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Under the title

, the MoMA in New York is devoting an exhibition to an Ivorian artist for the first time.

Until August 13, the work of

is honored from the 1970s until the death of the artist in 2014. The central point of the exhibition is the Alphabet Bété-Bouabré, the invention by the artist of the first writing system for the Bété people, an ethnic group of present-day Côte d'Ivoire to which the artist belonged.

From May 2 to 8, the 3rd edition

will take place .

Under the title

, the initiative aims to make artists visible, but also the role of art in social cohesion.

This atypical exhibition, combining art and nature, brings together in the Bangr Wéogo Urban Park some fifty painters, sculptors, graphic artists, photographers, caricaturists and designers from different countries on the African continent.

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On May 7, Benjamin Stora opens an afternoon of meetings at the MuCEM in Marseille under the theme of

Historians, artists and younger generations are invited to share their views and their stories, “ 

 .

"My beloved sister" (detail), by Adjaratou Ouedraogo, will be exhibited during the 2nd edition of "African Crossings".

© Francoise Livinec Gallery

From May 5 to 22, the association

invites us to the second edition of

.

This thematic route offers a discovery of artists from the African continent and its diaspora in 19 galleries and art centers in Paris and Île-de-France, from Romainville to the Marais district.

As part of the memoirs around slavery, ten exceptional performances of Aimé Césaire's play,

, await spectators at the Théâtre de l'Épée de bois at the Cartoucherie de Vincennes, from 5 to May 15.

At the origin of the project, the former president of the Memorial ACTe, Jacques Martial, actor, director, current adviser in charge of overseas since 2020.

On May 10, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, will inaugurate the first statue of a black woman erected in Paris.

statue

will take place in the garden of the same name on Place du Général Catroux in the 17th arrondissement in the name of remembrance of this Guadeloupean resistance fighter against slavery, born in 1772 as the daughter of an African slave, raped by a sailor on the ship deporting her to the West Indies.

The 9th edition of

will offer between May 5 and 8 9 feature films and 5 short films at the L'Arlequin cinema.

Nigerian director Moses Inwang opens the Festival with his new film

.

From May 13 to 15, the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris is showing

.

A program proposed by the Cameroonian avant-garde director Jean-Pierre Bekolo, including his film

, but also

by Jean-Marie Teno or

by Bassek Ba Khobia or

by Dikongue Pipa.

“Le Plateau” (detail), 2021, by Peintre Obou, will be exhibited during the 2nd edition of “Traverséees africaines” at the 193 Gallery, Paris.

© 193 Gallery, Paris

This year,

 by Egyptian director Tarik Saleh, will be the only film from the African continent in the running for the Palme d'Or at the biggest cinema event in the world.

What place will African cinema have at

 ?

To follow on rfi.fr between May 17 and 28.

From May 19 to 22,

pays tribute to Western and Arab-Muslim, Mediterranean and African culture, among others with around twenty artists from North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt).

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From May 19 to 22, the

brings together classic African art dealers.

It is the first international art fair to be held in the countryside.

The David Serra gallery offers, for example, an nkisi fetish, Cisola, from the Chokwe people of the Bas-Congo region, late 19th century.

The Afrique & Kanem gallery exhibits a statuette of the Mambwé people there, from the 19th century, now the DRC.

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, the leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and the African Diaspora, returns May 19-22 to New York.

The international lineup includes 25 galleries from Africa, Europe and the Middle East, with a particular focus on galleries in New York and Harlem.

From May 27 to June 5, the

opens its doors in Tarifa, Tangier and in several branches in Cadiz and Ceuta, “ 

 ”.

The 19th edition of the festival will be marked by the cinematography of the Dominican Republic, “ 

 ”.

On May 28, the call for applications for the 2nd edition of

ends , dedicated this year to artists residing in Côte d'Ivoire.

The project aims to support a collective awareness of the environment that surrounds us through the messages conveyed by the artists.

The winner benefits, among other things, from an exhibition on the ellipse art projects stand at the

international fair in Paris from October 20 to 23, 2022.

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