Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba breathe new life into the world of contemporary art: based in Berlin, they design exhibitions and founded the magazine Contemporary And, a demanding print and digital publication whose aim is to “connect cultures”.

N'Goné Fall, the General Commissioner of the Africa2020 Season, wished to place this ambitious project under the banner of pan-Africanism and collective intelligence.

An unclassifiable artist, capable of moving from poetry to theatre, from song to fiction, Emmelyne Octavie tackles themes of exile and uprooting through her eclectic works. Winner of the Prix de la Dramaturgie Francophone, awarded by the SACD, in 2022, she has just been selected for the Institut...