© Sidi Mohamed Kandji
Haus der Kulturen der Welt John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin Allemagne
Senegal, January 2011: At the same time as the upheavals in the Arab world, a group of activists, artists, musicians, and journalists attacked the erosion of democracy with the cry “Y’en a marre!” (Enough is enough!). This led to a series of public protest against the president’s candidature for a third term in office, which is considered illegal in Senegal that has been democratic since the 1980s.
© Mamadou Gomis
At the end of these events which finished with the first election round 13 months later in February 2012, the curator Koyo Kouoh and her comrades-in-arms at the Raw Material Company gathered together the images of the events in Senegal. Pictures from 19 photographers and photojournalists arranged in nine exhibition sections bear witness to Senegal’s civil society in the process of selfemancipation – from the beginning of the „Y'en a marre“ protest movement in January 2011 to the elections 13 months later. The exhibition also focuses on the important role of photographers in the dissemination of news.
© Cristof Echard
In a two-day programme of discourse, international representatives from civil society, the arts and social sciences raise questions concerning the localisation of the protests from a Pan African perspective, the forms of political and social dynamics in the “Senegalese Spring” and the visual language of a revolt.
© Sylvain Cherkaoui
With photographs by Aliou Mbaye, Amadou Mbaye, Antoine Tempé, Cheikh Ahmed Tidjane Ndiaye, Cristof Echard, Elise Fitte-Duval, Erick Christian Ahounou, Elias Aba Milki, Gabriela Barnuevo, Jaques Daniel Ly, Jean-Baptiste Joire, Mamadou Gomis, Rebecca Blackwell, Rose Skelton, Sidy Mohamed Kandji, Sidy Yansane, Sylvain Cherkaoui, Tamsir Ndir, Toure Béhan
© Aliou Mbaye
A comprehensive catalogue of Chronicle of a Revolt with numerous images and texts by Alioune Tine, Alpha Amadou Sy, Boubacar Boris Diop, Camille Ostermann, Fadel Barro, Dr. Ibrahima Wane, Prof. Ismaila Madior Fall, Issa Samb, Koyo Kouoh, Mame Aly Konté, Mactar Fall and Penda Mbow will be published by Raw Material Company and Haus der Kulturen der Welt for EUR 24,-. The catalogue is edited in English and French and is accompanied by a resumé in German.
© Aliou Mbaye
Discourses on the "Senegalese Spring"
Thursday, November 22nd, 8 p.m.
Revolts and Resistance – A Pan African Perspective
Lecture by Achille Mbembe, followed by a discussion with Georg Diez
Friday, November 23rd
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Political and Social Dynamics – Echoes and Players of the “Senegalese Spring”
Dominic Johnson in discussion with Gilbert Achcar, Didier Awadi, Fadel Barro, Boubacar Boris Diop
4.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Chronicle and Archive – On the Images and Visual Language of a Revolt
Christian Kravagna in discussion with Erick Christian Ahounou, Koyo Kouoh, Rasha Salti
7 p.m.
The Walls of Dakar
Film by Abdoul Aziz Cissé and Wagane Guéye, introduced by Rasha Salti
8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Hip-Hop-Concert
Didier AWADI: "Ma Révolution"