11 February 2020, “Culture and art are absolutely crucial to the health of a nation,” says Prince Shyllon, one of the country’s biggest collectors, by Rebecca Anne Proctor.
20 January 2020, Headed by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and featuring a curatorial team including Aziza Harmel, Astrid Sokona Lepoultier, and Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh; as well as artistic advisors Akinbode Akinbiyi and Seydou Camara; and scenographer Cheick Diallo, the 12th Bamako Encounters is one of the largest to date. The artist list is equally expansive, with 85 artists and collectives who reflect a truly global and complex African experience and culture. Bamako-based Malian writer Ousmane Diarra comments on the particularities of this edition.
22 January 2020, Siddhartha Mitter on the 12th Rencontres de Bamako.