Du 19 au 22 novembre 2026
au Centre de ressource Ousmane Sembene, Place du Souvenir Africain, Dakar L’AFRICAN ART BOOK FAIR @ Biennale de Dakar 2026
FR – PROGRAMME AABF 2026
ENG – PROGRAM AABF 2026
AFRIKADAA magazine is proud to announce the sixth edition of the African Art Book Fair (AABF), to be held from 19 to 22 November 2026 as part of the 16th Dakar Contemporary African Art Biennale. It is important for the Dakar Biennale to promote the creation of a publishing platform dedicated to critical writing and art publications.
The AABF: an innovative artistic proposal
The AABF is an artistic project conceived as an independent international publishing anti-fair, accompanied by an exhibition, workshops and a discussion forum that focuses on specific themes related to the editing and publication of art, photography, design, experimental music, cinema, open culture and activism.
Acknowledging and supporting qualitative and unique publishing practices, the crossover between disciplines is an integral part of this process, which aims to highlight new and innovative publishing practices and the “physicality” of the book as a medium. The AABF is a publishing space that aims to offer a panorama of the most committed contemporary editorial practices in art publishing.
This sixth edition will focus on the exchange of new eco-friendly publishing practices and will offer independent publishers and partners a platform for bringing together art professionals and the public, with the aim of fostering dialogue and the sharing of knowledge to provide context for African works and artists.
The African Art Book Fair will also examine publishing as a curatorial and artistic practice, as well as the current state of art criticism.
The AABF as an event showcases the figure of the publisher, the most independent yet versatile player in the art world. Many international publishers selected for the quality of their proposals in an original scenography will be highlighted in this 6th edition. In this way, the AABF makes the work of international artists available to the public through affordable editions, while offering an alternative art space alongside biennials, galleries and museums.
The African Art Book Fair celebrates African critical production by producing a travelling, polymorphous platform.
The lack of critical content, analysis and aesthetics fuelled by an in-depth knowledge of the continent’s artistic, social and political scene is currently threatening the transmission of contemporary art from Africa and its diasporas. This project is part of this urgent need, but also of a more global political commitment to defending quality criticism and publications produced from Africa, defined in a utopian and metaphorical way.
The African Art Book Fair crosses borders to confirm the inescapable need to be part of the written word and to memorise and archive new contemporary forms.
Veuillez trouver en lien le Dossier de la foire
Please, find attached the AABF file document.
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE AABF 2026 / PRESS RELEASE AABF 2026