Simon Njami

Simon Njami (1962) is a writer, art critic and exhibition curator. Notable among his most recent projects are Africa Remix (2004-2006), the first African Pavilian at the Venice Bienniale (2007), and A Useful Dream: 50 Years of Photography in Africa (2010). Njami was co-founder and artistic director of the Bamako Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie de Bamako. He has also published a biography of Leopold Sédar Senghor (Paris: Fayard, 2007).