After a two-year hiatus, Africa’s biggest art fair is back. The theme of this year’s Dakar Biennale is Ī’Ndaffa in the Serer language. It means “to forge”. Artists interpret the theme in a myriad ways through many mediums: painting, art, sculpture, video, textiles, performance.

The result is a bold, often moving meditation on the stories we tell ourselves. The visiting artists say they have found a community in Dakar after difficult pandemic times, and their conversations and connections forge a way to what Kenyan artist Syowia Kyambi calls “new horizons”.