Emancipated Imaginaries

In collaboration with Manifesta, AKAA is pleased to invite you to the exhibition Emancipated Imaginaries curated by Armelle Dakouo – May 28th to July 16th 2021 in Lyon.

Emancipated Imaginaries responds to and reflects on the reality of contemporary Africa, at a time when real emancipation from the models and mechanisms of societal domination and the need to open the fields of representations are occurring, in order to change our perceptions of contemporary societies.

Souleimane Barry – Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris

Nathalie Boutté – MAGNIN-A, Paris

Rebecca Brodskis – SEPTIEME Galerie, Paris

Wonder Buhle – BKhz, Johannesburg

Farida Hamak – Regard Sud, Lyon

Nelson Makamo – Botho Project Space, Johannesburg

Johanna Mirabel – Galerie Véronique Rieffel, Abidjan

Zanele Muholi – Galerie Carole Kvasnevski, Paris

Kresiah Mukwazhi – Village Unhu, Harare

Temitayo Ogunbiyi – 31 Project, Paris

Eniwaye Oluwayesi – ADA \ Contemporary art gallery, Accra

Maya-Inès Touam – African Arty, Casablanca

Shoshanna Weinberger – NOMAD Gallery, Bruxelles

Manifesta is a multidisciplinary exhibition space dedicated to the arts in the heart of Lyon
6 rue Pizay. 69001 – Lyon