Surrounding the exhibition
Programming at the Centre Pompidou
© droits réservés. Photo : Centre Pompidou, Mnam-Cci/Janeth Rodriguez-Garcia/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
- Opening night
Looking back at the genesis and concept of the exhibition
With Alicia Knock, curator of the exhibition; Florence Alexis and Christine Eyeneles, scientific advisors for the exhibition; and artists Ernest Dükü, Barbara Prézeau-Stephenson, and Anthony Ramos. Discussion moderated by Éva Barois De Caevel, associate curator.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 7 pm–9 pm
- Reading lounge "Ville pluriverselle. Readings of Bernard Dadié"
An evening dedicated to the poet and chronicler Bernard Dadié, member of the editorial board of Présence Africaine
Discussion moderated by Franck Hermann Ekra and Valérie Nivelon, featuring graphic literature screenwriter and filmmaker Marguerite Abouet, visual artist Hamedine Kane, and writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 7 pm–9 pm
- Toto Bissainthe, a Haitian woman in Paris
A tribute in words and music to the singer, composer, and actress, who passed away in 1994
Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 4 pm
- Black feminisms
With Rokhaya Diallo, Almen Gibirila, Elsie Haas et Simone Schwarz-Bart
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 7 pm–9 pm
Meetings organized as part of the "Mensuel" series
Free admission
Cinema 1, level 1
Symposium
Black Paris: Artistic Circulations and Anticolonial Struggles
In partnership with the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, EHESS, and Campus Condorcet.
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 9 pm – 5:30 pm, Centre Pompidou
Friday, March 21, 2025, 9:15 am – 6:30 pm, Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 5:45 pm, Auditorium, Campus Condorcet
Study day at EHESS, Aubervilliers, May 2025
Master’s and Doctoral Seminar "Black Paris"
For students of Paris-Nanterre University and the École du Louvre
Every Friday from 10 am to 12 pm, January – April 2025, Centre Pompidou
Like one of her landmark works, Et les chiens se taisaient –excerpts from Aimé Césaire’s eponymous play, staged in the reserves of the Musée de l’Homme in 1978–, Sarah Maldoror’s (1929–2020) life and career embody the great struggles of the 20th century: Surrealism, Négritude, Pan-Africanism, feminism, and communism.
This tribute honors a singular filmmaker whose work continues to document and challenge the present. The retrospective features screenings —including eight newly restored films presented as premieres— alongside discussions and readings.
In collaboration with Annouchka de Andrade.
With the participation of Sidiki Bakaba, Josiane Balasko, Baloji, Julien Creuzet, Cheik Doukouré, Henda Ducados, Eriq Ebouaney, Deborah Lukumuena, Aïssa Maïga, Léonora Miano, Marie-José Mondzain, Makeda Monnet, Eric Valette, Elvan Zabunyan.
Saturday May 10, 2025
An Invitation to Elsa Wolliaston
A dancer, choreographer, and educator residing in France since 1969, Elsa Wolliaston is a pioneering figure in contemporary African dance. This event revisits her career through testimonies, discussions, presentations of archives and previously unseen films —including the rediscovery of a performance created at the Centre Pompidou for its opening in 1977— as well as choreographic and musical performances.
Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 4 pm
Zora Snake. Performance
Born in Cameroon in 1990, Zora Snake is a rising figure on the international contemporary art scene. Drawing from ritual, his politically engaged work interweaves local history and geopolitics. As the closing act of this day dedicated to live arts, he presents an in situ performance in the spaces of the Centre Pompidou.
Saturday May 10, 2025, at 7 pm
Free Admission
In the Forum
