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Arébénor Basséne, Tarana, 2024. Courtesy of Selebe Yoon

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Arébénor Basséne: Tarana

Selebe Yoon
Dakar, Senegal
08 November 2024 - 22 February 2025

Image: Lauren Halsey, land of the sunshine wherever we go II (detail), 2021, white cement, wood, and mixed media, 82 1/2 x 79 x 77 in. (209.6 x 200.7 x 195.6 cm). Courtesy Lauren Halsey.

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Lauren Halsey: emajendat

Serpentine
London, United Kingdom
04 October 2024 - 02 March 2025

Ancestral Metamorphosis, installation view,2024. Courtesy of Black Liquid Art Gallery

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Soly Cissé & Seyni Awa Camara: Ancestral Metamorphosis

Black Liquid Art Gallery
Rome, Italy
14 Dec 2024 - 30 Jan 2025

Igshaan Adams: Holy Terrain

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Igshaan Adams: Holy Terrain

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Cape Town, South Africa
07 Dec 2024 - 25 Jan 2025

Rosa Snyman, Reclaimed, 2024. Courtesy of the Artist

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Reclaimed – Group Show

Gorgeous George Hotel
Cape Town, South Africa
29 Nov 2024 - 29 Jan 2025

Muzae Sesay, Building Nowhere (detail), 2024, Oil and oil pastel on canvas, 230 x 160 x 5 cm,

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Muzae Sesay: born on the earth.

Tiwani Contemporary
London, United Kingdom
28 Nov 2024 - 18 Jan 2025

FOUR SEASONS, Benjamin Loyauté, video, still. © Benjamin Loyauté

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Benjamin Loyauté: FOUR SEASONS

Hakanto Contemporary
Antananarivo, Madagascar
23 Nov 2024 - 16 Feb 2025

Adrian Piper, I'm the Tree, 2024. Spray-washed dead tree with root system, suspended equidistantly from four corners of a room using steel cables, visible only from above, floor covered with mirror paneling below. Photo credit: Wolfgang

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Adrian Piper: Who, Me?

Portikus
Frankfurt, Germany
23 Nov 2024 - 09 Feb 2025

Sahej Rahal, DMT: Distributed Mind Test (DMT), 2023, Multiplayer video game.

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Sahej Rahal: Wayfinder

The Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute
Nairobi, Kenya
21 Nov 2024 - 08 Mar 2025

Kaloki Nyamai: Ithokoo masuilini, 2024.

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Kaloki Nyamai: Ithokoo masuiluni

The Norval Foundation
Cape Town, South Africa
20 Nov 2024 - 23 Nov 2025

Arébénor Basséne, Tarana, 2024. Courtesy of Selebe Yoon

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Arébénor Basséne: Tarana

Selebe Yoon
Dakar, Senegal
08 Nov 2024 - 22 Feb 2025

Adji Dieye, 57, 2024
Sérigraphie et dessin au feutre
Silk-screen printing and felt-tip drawing
14,8 x 21 cm

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Adji Dieye: Dègg naa tuuti Wolof

Galerie Cécile Fakhoury
Dakar, Senegal
08 Nov 2024 - 01 Feb 2025

Kambui Olujimi, Even More Beautiful Than I Ever Imagined, 2024. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on

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Kambui Olujimi: North Star

San José Museum of Art
San José, United States
01 Nov 2024 - 01 Jun 2025

Framer Framed, The Anarchist Citizenship,installation view, 2024. Photo: Maarten Nauw

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The Anarchist Citizenship: People Made of Stories – Group Show

Framer Framed
Amsterdam , Netherlands
27 Oct 2024 - 25 Jan 2025

Arthur Timothy, Isabella & the Musicians (Caravaggio) (detail), 2024, Oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Gallery 1957.

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Keeping Time – Group Show

Gallery 1957
Accra, Ghana
26 Oct 2024 - 11 Oct 2025

Amoako Boafo, Yellow Blanket, 2018
© 2024 Christie's Images Limited
© 2024 Amoako Boafo / Licensed by Bildrecht, Vienna

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Amoako Boafo: Proper Love

Belvedere
Vienna, Austria
25 Oct 2024 - 12 Jan 2025

JOJO ABDALLAH, Science and Technology, Function, Ca. 2023 | Acrylic on cloth over board

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JOJO ABDALLAH: PSY-TECH

Red Clay
Tamale, Ghana
25 Oct 2024 - 05 Mar 2025

Portia Zvavahera, Kudonhedzwa kwevanhu (Fallen People), 2022. Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas. Photo: Mario Todeschini. Courtesy Stevenson and David Zwirner.

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Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa

Kettle’s Yard
Cambridge, United Kingdom
22 Oct 2024 - 16 Feb 2025

Milisuthando credit Milithusando Bongela

Screenings

MILISUTHANDO

ICA London, Depot Lewes, HOME Manchester, Tyneside Newcastle
United Kingdom
18 Oct 2024 - 18 Mar 2025

Installation photograph, Welancora Gallery, 2024. Photography: Adam Reich. Pictured (left to right): A

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Helen Evans Ramsaran: Strange Fruit

Welancora Gallery
New York, United States
10 Oct 2024 - 04 Jan 2025

Image: Lauren Halsey, land of the sunshine wherever we go II (detail), 2021, white cement, wood, and mixed media, 82 1/2 x 79 x 77 in. (209.6 x 200.7 x 195.6 cm). Courtesy Lauren Halsey.

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Lauren Halsey: emajendat

Serpentine
London, United Kingdom
04 Oct 2024 - 02 Mar 2025

Sammy Baloji, Aequare. The Future that Never Was, 2023. Still. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Imane Farès.

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Sammy Baloji

Goldsmiths CCA
London, United Kingdom
04 Oct 2024 - 12 Jan 2025

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Installation view Africa Remix, 2004. Photo: Andreas M. Wiese.

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Africa Remix

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Isaac Julien, True North Series No. 6, 2004. Courtesy the artist.

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Der Black Atlantic – Subject of (Counter)Memory

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Malick Sidibé, Christmas evening. 1963.

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Koyo Kouoh. Courtesy of La Biennale.

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