The selection process was led by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung — founding exhibitions director at the SAVVY Contemporary space in Berlin, who was also notably part of the curatorial team for Documenta 14, followed by the Finnish Pavilion at the last Venice Biennale. In Bamako, he is supported by Aziza Harmel, Astrid Sokona Lepoultier, and Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh; artistic advisors Akinbode Akinbiyi and Seydou Camara; and scenographer Cheick Diallo.
Individual Artists
Ibrahim Ahmed (Egypt/USA)
Nirveda Alleck (Mauritius)
Emmanuelle Andrianjafy (Madagascar)
Roger Anis (Egypt)
Yannick Anton (Canada)
Afrane Akwasi Bediako (Ghana)
Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon)
Jodi Bieber (South Africa)
Milena Scherezade Carranza Valcárcel (Peru)
Cédrick-Isham (France)
Nidhal Chamekh (Tunisia)
Amsatou Diallo (Mali)
Moustapha Diallo (Mali)
Dickonet (Mali)
Adji Fatou Amdy Dieye (Italy/Senegal)
Fakhri El Ghezal (Tunisia)
Badr El Hammami (Morocco)
Yagazie Emezi (Nigeria)
Theo Eshetu (Ethiopia/Italy/ The Netherlands/ United Kingdom)
Fototala King Massassy (Mali)
Abrie Fourie (South Africa)
Rahima Gambo (Nigeria)
Eric Gyamfi (Ghana)
Yasmina Hajji (France)
Halima Haruna (Nigeria)
Fanyana Hlabangane (South Africa)
Renée Holleman (South Africa)
Adama Jalloh (United Kingdom/Sierra Leone)
Maxime Jean-Baptiste (France)
Amina Ayman Kadous (Egypt)
Mansour Ciss Kanakassy (Senegal)
Mouna Karray (Tunisia)
Godelive Kabena Kasangati (DR Congo)
Bouchra Khalili (France/Morocco)
Nicène Kossentini (Tunisia)
Kitso Lynn Lelliott (Botswana/South Africa)
Keli Safia Maksud (Kenya/Tanzania)
Harun Morrison & Helen Walker (United Kingdom)
Santiago Mostyn (Sweden/Trinidad/Zimbabwe)
Khalil Nemmaoui (Morocco)
Yvon Ngassam (Cameroon)
Antoine Ngolke-do’o (Cameroon)
Christian Nyampeta (The Netherlands/Rwanda)
Abraham Oghobase (Nigeria)
Adeola Olagunju (Nigeria)
Léonard Pongo (Belgium)
Nader Mohamed Saadallah (Egypt)
Amadou Diadié Samassékou (Mali)
Mara Sanchez Renero (Mexico)
Ketaki Sheth (India)
Buhlebezwe Siwani (South Africa)
Buhlebezwe Siwani, INSIMU YASE-EDENE (2018) Performative installation © whatiftheworld
Selasi Awusi Sosu (Ghana)
Mohamed Thara (Morocco)
Dustin Thierry (Curaçao/The Netherlands)
Boubakary Touré (France/Mali)
Hamdia Traoré (Mali)
Andrew Tshabangu (South Africa)
Guy Woueté (Cameroon)
Collectives
Association des Femmes Photographes du Mali (AFPM) (Mali)
Collectif Orchestre vide (France)
Collective 220 (Algeria)
Iliso Labantu Photography Collective (South Africa)
Invisible Borders (Trans-Africa)
Kamoinge (USA/Pan-Africa)
Kolektif 2 Dimansyon (K2D) (Haiti)
MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora (Pan-Africa)
The Otholith Group (Ghana/India/United Kingdom)
Special Projects
Felicia Abban (Ghana)
Akinbode Akinbiyi (Nigeria)
Jihan El Tahri (Egypt)
Armet Francis (Jamaica)
Theaster Gates (USA)
Liz Johnson Artur (United Kingdom)
Deborah Lewis (USA)
Eustaquio Neves (Brazil)
Thematic Exhibitions
“Musow Ka Touma Sera” a group exhibition featuring women artists, curated by Fatima Bocoum, (Mali)
“Dja Tigui: L’hote de Mon Ombre,” curated by Nakhana Diakite Prats (France/Senegal)
“The Works of Tolu Odukoya 1945–2015,” curated by Uche James Iroha (Nigeria)
“Legends of the Casbah,” curated by Riason Naidoo (South Africa)
“À l'Est de Bamako,” curated by Françoise Huguier (France)
“Five Photographers: A tribute to David Goldblatt,” curated by John Fleetwood (South Africa)
