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

By SG Editor·
Woman taking photo of Kente cloth display in museum with UNESCO badge.

Visitors admire Kente cloth exhibits in a museum celebrating Ghana’s UNESCO-recognized textile heritage.

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