
"Traversées Africaines" is an art tour initiated in 2021 by the organization Pour l'Art pour l'Afrique aiming at highlighting the works of contemporary artists from the the African continent and its diaspora through exhibitions, meetings, and discussions focusing on contemporary African art.
The program for this fifth edition includes 24 exhibitions in some twenty galleries, museums, and art centers in Paris and the Île-de-France region, taking place between May 13 and June 1, 2025.
The 24 exhibitions of the 5th edition of Traversées Africaines are:
1. Legs series by Hassan Hajjaj at 193 GALLERY (24 rue Béranger 75 003 Paris) from April 1st to May 30 2025.
2. Mindscapes by Eli Made at GALERIE ANGALIA (10-12 rue des Coutures Saint Gervais, 75003) from May 1 to June 21, 2025.
3. Le rythme. Choc vibratoire de l'être by Gastineau Massamba, Jérôme Lagarrigue, Ange Arthur Koua at GALERIE OLIVIER WALTMAN (15 rue du Perche, 75003 Paris) from May 13 to June 21, 2025.
4. La vie est un compte by Famakan Maqassa at GALERIE SABINE BAYASLI (99 rue du Temple 75003 Paris) from May 15 to June 14, 2025.
5. Notions of Time by Terrence Musekiwa at Galerie Eric Dupont (138 rue du Temple, 75003 Paris) from May 17 to June 21, 2025.
6. Au-delà du regard by Moses Mous and Sisqo Ndombe at HOOP GALERIE (63 rue de Saintonge, 75003 Paris) from May 17 to July 13, 2025.
7. Paris noir. Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales 1950-2000 at CENTRE POMPIDOU (Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris) from March 19 to June 30, 2025.
8. Ces vibrations intérieures with Jean David Nkot, Bekolo Bekolo, Geordan Bouhom, Ernest Dizoumbe Oumarou and Dieudonné Djiela Kamgang at Galerie La La Lande (56 rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris) from May 16 to June 7, 2025.
9. Echos by Ebenezer Samuel Akinola, Siriki Ky, Camara Guèye at Galerie Africaine (19 rue du Pont Louis Philippe, 75004 Paris) from May 6 to May 22, 2025.
10. Le Turban rouge by Joseph Kojo Hoggar, Ikechukwu Nduka at Galerie Christophe Person (39 rue des Blancs-Manteaux, 75004 Paris) from May 15 to June 7.
11. Fringué comme jamais by Maurice Pellosh Galerie Art et Société PCF at STUDIO PELLOSH (19 rue du Pont Louis Philippe, 75004 Paris ) from May 23 to June 2, 2025.
12. Les profondeurs du temps by Youss Atacora at GALERIE VALLOIS 35 ( 35 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris ) from May 3 to May 31, 2025.
13. Les héritières du Dahomey by Élise Tokoudagba at GALERIE VALLOIS (41) (41 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris) from May 3 to May 31, 2025.
14. Playful Threads by Alassane Koné at Galerie Marion Chauvy (16 rue de la Grange-Bateliere), from May 13 to June 3, 2025.
15. Écriture En Image & Couleur by Nasreddine Bennacer at Enseigne Des Oudin (4 rue Martel, 75010 Paris) from May 13 to July 1, 2025.
16. Mungongo ya bazalisi by JP Mika at MAGNIN-A (118 bd Richard-Lenoir. 75011 Paris) from March 22 to May 24, 2025.
17. Architectes du chaos by Soly Cissé and Harouna Quédraogo at Galerie Sultan (29 rue Keller, 75011 Paris), from May 13 to July 31, 2025.
18. Vie Urbaine by Diafrel at CPA BESSIE SMITH (19 rue Antoine Julien Hénard, 75012 Paris) from May 2 to May 26, 2025.
19 . L'âme des Bâtiments d'Omon Sophia at CPA MUSIDORA (51 rue François Truffaut, 75012 Paris) from May 3 to May 28, 2025
20. Pulsations Urbaines by Abdessalem Elfalah, Glory Kanga, Mamu UNU, Olisa Nwoye at CPA/CS ANNIE FRATELLINI (36 quai de la Râpée, 75012 Paris) from May 5 to May 28, 2025
21. Un autre Mali dans un autre monde at QUAI DE LA PHOTO (9 port de la Gare, 75013 Paris) from March 7 to June 1, 2025.
22. Noirs & Bleus by Leodolf Nel, Hamid Fakhoury and Brunot Théophile Nseke at Galerie Cécile Dufay (78 avenue de Suffren, Village Suisse, grande allée n°27, 75015 Paris) from May 15 to June 5, 2025.
23. WAX at Musée de L'Homme (17 place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75076 Paris) from February 5 to September 7, 2025.
24. Hi-Dee-Hi by Alex Ayivi at GALERIE MARITON (10 rue Mariton, 93400 Saint-Quen-sur-Seine) from May 13 to May 31, 2025.