MusicFelabration 2026: Lagos celebrates Fela's legacy for a week
The festival honouring the Afrobeat pioneer runs from 12 to 18 October at the New Afrika Shrine, after a month of art, dance and fashion events.
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Laduma Ngxokolo has brought MAXHOSA Africa onto the official Paris Fashion Week calendar — a major international moment for South African fashion.
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DesignOuagadougou's great craft fair returns for its 18th edition
SIAO, the Ouagadougou International Arts and Crafts Fair, runs from 30 October to 8 November 2026 with around thirty countries expected.
FashionMaXhosa Africa takes Xhosa knitwear onto the official Paris runway
Laduma Ngxokolo's label became the first South African brand to stage a runway show on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar.
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FashionMAXHOSA Africa takes pan-African fashion to Paris
Laduma Ngxokolo has brought MAXHOSA Africa onto the official Paris Fashion Week calendar — a major international moment for South African fashion.
FashionOrange Culture: the backyards of memory
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Paris · 23–25 October 2026 · Carreau du Temple
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ArtBarbara Wildenboer opens “Invasive Archives” in Abidjan
At LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery until 23 December, an exhibition on how systems of classification still shape the way we read landscapes and histories.
ArtAbidjan Art Fair 2026: what the sixth edition says about the city’s ambition
Two days at Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire around one idea: art at the heart of the city.
ArtObou Gbais
Visual artist · Côte d’Ivoire
ArtLouiSimone Guirandou Gallery
Contemporary art gallery · Abidjan
Agenda — October 2026
The October art map
LONDON · ART1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
London · 15–18 October 2026 · Somerset House
PARIS · ARTSungi Mlengeya — Earth and Sky
Paris · 5 September – 24 October 2026 · Les filles du calvaire
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Paris · 23–25 October 2026 · Carreau du Temple
BONNIEUX · ARTAfroblue
Bonnieux, France · Extended until 31 October 2026 · Fondation Blachère
ABIDJAN · ARTInvasive Archives — Barbara Wildenboer
Abidjan · 17 September – 23 December 2026 · LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery
PARIS · ARTIbrahim Mahama — The Harvest Season
Paris · 22 October 2026 – 28 February 2027 · Fondation Cartier