Dak'art: The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art

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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
Part I Historical Perspectives
	Chapter 1: The Foundation and History of the Biennale of Dakar
	Chapter 2: A Politico-Economic History of Modern and Contemporary Art in Senegal : From Négritude to the Logics of the Open Society
	Chapter 3: The ‘Distancing Children’ from Senghor’s Openness Take a Stance
Part II: Dak’Art – the Biennale of Contemporary African Art
	Chapter 4: Selection Committees, Selection Processes and Application Procedures
	Chapter 5: Encounters and Exchanges: An Intellectual History of the Biennale of Dakar
	Chapter 6: Dak’Art and the Production of its Public
	Chapter 7: The Biennale of Dakar and the State of Senegal
	Chapter 8: Reimagining the Biennale of Dakar
Part III: Contemporary African Art at Dak’Art
	Chapter 9: The Making of a Canon: Historicizing Contemporary African Art at Dak’Art
	Chapter 10: All the City is an Exhibition: The Dak’Art –Off in the Biennale and in Dakar’s  Art World City
	Chapter 11: Dak’Art’s Ecosystem: In and Out of Senegal
	Epilogue: Global Biennial Discourses: A Critical View from Dak’Art
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Index