This interview was conducted July 16, 2018, shortly after a week-long intense brainstorming retreat that N'Goné Fall convened and I was part of in St. Louis, Senegal, in preparation for “Africa Season 2020.” As part of Karen Milbourne's ongoing project dedicated to women who have contributed to changing the structures by which Africa's modern and contemporary art is seen and understood, I was invited to interview N'Goné Fall, which is another way the project encourages conversations between women in the arts. Fall has, from the late 1970s through to the current day, played significant roles as an architect, art editor, curator, teacher, mentor, and facilitator of cultural initiatives the world over, with a vested focus on Africa. This conversation highlights moments of Fall's impact in art worldwide and some of the strategies she has employed over the years, in her ongoing project to bring integrity and purpose to artistic practice...
N'Goné Fall
Nontobeko Ntombela works as a lecturer at the Wits School of Arts, the University of the Witwatersrand, where she is also the head of Department of the History of Art and Heritage Studies Department. Since her appointment in 2012, she has been developing a masters program in the field of Contemporary Curatorial Practice. [email protected]
N'Goné Fall is a Senegalese curator, essayist and cultural policies specialist. She is currently the General Commissioner of “Africa2020” which is a pan-African and multidisciplinary project focusing on innovation in the arts, sciences, technology, entrepreneurship and the economy presented in France. [email protected]
Nontobeko Ntombela works as a lecturer at the Wits School of Arts, the University of the Witwatersrand, where she is also the head of Department of the History of Art and Heritage Studies Department. Since her appointment in 2012, she has been developing a masters program in the field of Contemporary Curatorial Practice. [email protected]
N'Goné Fall is a Senegalese curator, essayist and cultural policies specialist. She is currently the General Commissioner of “Africa2020” which is a pan-African and multidisciplinary project focusing on innovation in the arts, sciences, technology, entrepreneurship and the economy presented in France. [email protected]
Nontobeko Ntombela, N'Goné Fall; N'Goné Fall. African Arts 2021; 54 (1): 60–71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00568
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