The “Sindika Dokolo African Collection of Contemporary Art”
(SDACCA) was created five years ago in Luanda. Since then it has launched
in 2007 the first African Triennial
in the heart of the continent, in Luanda Angola. It has enabled the
visit in Angola of important art figures such as Miquell Barcelo, Alfredo
Jaar, Professor Henry Gates Jr., David Elliott. The dream of opening
the first Centre for Contemporary art in Luanda by 2012 now becomes
real. The unanimous decision of the jury in the Venice biennale in selecting
the collection to represent the African Pavilion has confirmed the importance
of linking the art world to the African continent; it has underlined
the value of exposing the African public to its contemporary production.
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Sindika Dokolo Foundation / Collection 
Manifest by Sindika Dokolo
Curatorial Project by Simon Njami