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Two cities, twenty scenes: the third and final litafrika exhibition focuses on two metropolises in West Africa: Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and Accra in Ghana.

The starting points are the feminist library 1949books and the archive The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD). Yet the scenes are diverse: literature is also rap, slam, dance, storytelling. Through video installations and photography, the exhibition plunges visitors into the literary life of Abidjan and Accra, presenting contemporary writers and spotlighting the colonial past of two neighbouring countries that are both close and far apart.

The exhibition is curated by an international collective of curators; video recordings were made by local filmmakers in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.

Curated by:
Sylvia Arthur and Seth Avusuglo (LOATAD, Accra), Edwige-Renée Dro (1949books, Abidjan), Christa Baumberger and Nicole Schmid (Litar, Zürich)

Film and photography:
Nipah Dennis and Prince Agyie Peprah (Accra) and Nuits Balnéaires (Abidjan)

Exhibition opening: 6 June 2024, 18:30

Exhibition trilogy litafrika 2022–2024

Strauhof and the Litar Foundation have dedicated the exhibition trilogy litafrika (2022 to 2024) to the literatures of the African continent. The third and final litafrika exhibition in 2024 builds upon the previous two, Poetries of a Continent(2022) and Artistic Encounters (2023).

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