Online programme

The current health crisis has exacerbated the inequality in mobility for artists from the South. Travel restrictions, which come on top of visa issues, make working internationally outside the EU's borders even more complex. As a result, not everyone we wished to invite could come to Brussels. Therefore, in addition to the events in Brussels, Moussem Cities Dakar also offers an online programme with podcasts and videos from Dakar, compiled in collaboration with journalist and art critic Oumar Sall.

Oumar Sall is an author, curator, art critic and educational mediator. In his presentation he focuses on the emergence of independent cultural structures in Dakar.
VIDEO

El Hadji Malick Ndiaye holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Rennes II in France. He is currently a researcher at IFAN / University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD). Ndiaye teaches at the Department of Philosophy at UCAD, at the Higher Institute of Art and Culture and at the Department of Heritage Skills at Gaston Berger University. He is also the artistic director of the Biennale de l'art africain contemporain edition 2022. In addition, he is a curator, art theorist and specialist in postcolonial studies and African heritage. In his talk, he focuses on the history of contemporary Senegalese art.
VIDEO

Architect Carole Diop is the founder of Afrikadaa magazine and president of the cultural association of the same name in Dakar. She has been organising architecture and history walks in the city for several years. In this video, she takes us to the central district of Dakar-Plateau, the historic centre of the city and today a symbol of modernity.
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Dieynaba Sidibé popularly known as Zeinixx, is a Senegalese slam poet, rapper, graffiti artist and activist. She uses her art to campaign for women's rights and to speak out on social and environmental issues. Zeinixx defies gender stereotypes as one of the top graffiti artists in West Africa. In this podcast she talks about her art and her commitment.
PODCAST

Cheikh Mbacke Diop holds a PhD in comparative literature from the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (UCAD) and is the author of several academic publications on the literature of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb and the Middle East. He also holds a master's degree in translation and interpretation from Gaston Berger University. He is currently a lecturer-researcher at the Arabic department of UCAD. In this talk, Cheikh Mbacke Diop focuses on two key works of Senegalese literature.
PODCAST

Anna Ly, better known as Anna Ly Ngaye, is a Senegalese writer and poet. She is a music teacher and a member of the Parliament of French-speaking Writers and of the Pan-African jury of the Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique. She is the author of five books, including three books of poetry, a novel and a short story. Anna is the director of Mametouty Éditions, a structure based in Dakar. In this interview, Anna talks about her latest book L'Enharmonie des destins.
PODCAST

Mamadou Dramé is an associate professor of language studies at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. He is the coordinator of the Research Group on Contemporary Cultural Expressions at the university. He has published several works on urban cultures related to language (poetry, rap, slam). He is the coordinator of the Research Group on Contemporary Cultural Expressions at the university. He talks about his latest book Parlez-vous Hip Hop: Langage de la rue et Transgression langagière au Senegal.
PODCAST

Habib Demba Fall is a journalist and author of novels and poetry. In this podcast, he discusses his most recent novel Les Trésors du Chaos, which is at once a thriller, a political fresco and a social chronicle.
PODCAST

Mamadou Samb is the author of several award-winning novels, including "De Pulpe et d'Orange", "Ouly la fille de l'Aveugle", "Le Soleil, la Folle et le Taureau". In this interview he talks about his latest novel.
PODCAST