Tag: Leopold Sedar Senghor
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As AKAA Turns 10, Beauty Becomes the Compass for Sitor Senghor’s New Direction
His name is inseparable from African cultural history. As the grand-nephew of Léopold Sédar Senghor — poet, philosopher, and first president of Senegal — Sitor Senghor carries a legacy deeply tied to art and intercultural dialogue. Now, as he takes the helm of AKAA (Also Known As Africa), Paris’s leading fair dedicated to contemporary African…
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Modou Dieng Yacine’s Poetics of Memory and Identity – Interview
During his visit to Senegal in Winter 2025, DakArtNews met with Modou Dieng Yacine, a Chicago-based artist born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, in 1970. A graduate of Dakar’s École des Beaux-Arts and the San Francisco Art Institute, he blends painting, photography, and collage, using materials like denim and burlap. His art has been exhibited at numerous…
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The State of Contemporary African Art Today: Dr. Ibou Diop’s Critical Perspective
Dr. Ibou Diop, a distinguished Senegalese curator, art critic, and literary scholar based in Berlin, has significantly contributed to the discourse on colonial memory and contemporary African art, having worked on a remembrance concept for colonialism for the Berlin Senate. During his recent visit to Dakar in June 2024, DakartNews had the privilege to discuss…
Bridging Africa and The World Through Contemporary Art 