AFRICA SALON is Yale University’s first contemporary African arts and culture festival. The lively two-day event features a series of panels, readings, exhibits, and performances by some of the most consequential artists from the continent and diaspora.
At a time when contemporary African art is drawing more eyes, turning more heads, and creating more buzz than ever, AFRICA SALON creates a space, unique amongst academic institutions, where audiences can intimately access the art and absorb the complexity of the stories being told. Artists featured in AFRICA SALON, including student talent, share a progressive approach to owning and telling African stories. Through literature, film, music, dance, and more, the SALON invites audiences to rethink their conceptions of the continent–to read, watch and listen closely–and to celebrate the creation of these important narratives.
AFRICA SALON IS AN ENCOUNTER WITH A CONTINENT AS CONCEIVED BY ITS NEW AUTHORS.
Friday, 3.27 | Saturday, 3.28
Afro-American Cultural Center
Battell Chapel
View a detailed schedule and register at africasalon.org