More than half a century after the idea was first birthed by Leopold Senghor—the first president of Senegal, the Museum of Black Civilizations is finally a reality. The vast 14,000 square-meter museum opened a fortnight ago in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, a fulfillment of Senghor’s hopes for a grand museum for global black art. Senghor, who was also a poet, cultural theorist and leading pan-Africanist thinker, is believed to have conceived the idea following the First Festival of Negro Arts in 1966. But the first steps towards...
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