MAYÌ ARTS × AFRICA BASEL 2026
MAYÌ ARTS joined AFRICA BASEL 2026 as a media partner, contributing to a programme dedicated to the voices and practices shaping contemporary African and diasporic art. The partnership included Publishing as Practice: Who Writes the Contemporary?, a conversation examining independent publishing as a space for documentation, critical dialogue and the construction of contemporary art histories.
MAYÌ ARTS a rejoint AFRICA BASEL 2026 en tant que partenaire média, contribuant à une programmation dédiée aux voix et aux pratiques qui façonnent l’art contemporain africain et ses diasporas. Ce partenariat s’est notamment traduit par la participation de MAYÌ à la conversation Publishing as Practice: Who Writes the Contemporary?, consacrée au rôle de l’édition indépendante comme espace de documentation, de dialogue critique et de construction des récits de l’art contemporain.
PANEL CONVERSATION
Publishing as Practice: Who Writes the Contemporary?
As part of Africa Basel Conversations, MAYÌ ARTS founder Ngalula Mafwata moderated Publishing as Practice: Who Writes the Contemporary?, bringing together editors, writers and cultural practitioners to examine publishing as a vital site of knowledge production within the contemporary African art ecosystem. The conversation brought together perspectives from Contemporary And, The Africans Column and Dak’Art News.
