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Coming for Selfies, Staying for Art: Dakar’s Biennale Draws Young Crowd

Woman taking photo of Kente cloth display in museum with UNESCO badge.

The Dakar Biennale is arguably the continent’s hottest art fair, but a whole new crop of attendees this year made it the place to be. At the urging of Senegal’s popular young president, teenagers are mobbing the event, lighting up social media, and seemingly having a blast.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

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