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Watch Now! Koyo Kouoh and Daouda Keïta: Thinking the African Museum (English)

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Two visionaries in the museum field, Koyo Kouoh, Chief Curator and Executive Director of Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, South Africa, and Daouda Keïta, Executive Director of the Musée National du Mali in Bamako, Mali, discuss the essential role that museums in Africa play in sustaining contemporary artistic practice and developing new curatorial perspectives. Kouoh and Keïta, both recently appointed to their current roles, share their visions for the future of their institutions, drawing from a variety of experiences including the creation of innovative curatorial and cultural models in Senegal and Mali, respectively.

Includes ASL interpretation. A version with English subtitles is available here.

Presenters
Daouda Keïta

Daouda Keïta is the Executive Director of the Musée national du Mali in Bamako, Mali’s national museum of archaeological and ethnographic collections and contemporary art.

Koyo Kouoh

Koyo Kouoh is the Chief Curator and Executive Director of Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa.


The Curator’s Perspective series has been made possible, in part, by a grant from the James Howell Foundation and by generous contributions from the ICI Board of Trustees and ICI Access Fund. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council. Special thanks to Sarina Tang, and Barbara Hoffman.