MANSA TOURÉ · 2021
Echo of Pulse
Bronze cast (edition of 5) · 165 × 65 cm
Exhibition only
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Guinea-Bissau
Bijagós cosmology and post-independence printmaking.
An editorial gateway into the artists, works, and stories that define Guinea-Bissau's contribution to the contemporary African movement — assembled with curatorial care by NUA-ARTE.
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ARTISTS
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WORKS
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FOR SALE
FEATURED ARTIST
Jelani Okafor
BISSAU · GUINEA-BISSAU
Jelani works between Bissau and the broader West African scene. Working across painting, sculpture and mixed media, Jelani's practice is a cornerstone of NUA-ARTE's programme for Guinea-Bissau.
ALSO FROM GUINEA-BISSAU
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Mansa Touré
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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Zola Bekele
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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Jelani Diop
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
CURATED WORKS
Available from Guinea-Bissau
AVAILABLEJELANI OKAFOR · 2018
After the Memory
Bronze cast (edition of 5) · 190 × 144 cm
Price Upon Request
AVAILABLEJELANI DIOP · 2018
Songs from Thread
Oil and indigo on linen · 134 × 158 cm
Price Upon Request
AVAILABLEJELANI DIOP · 2023
Rituals of Pulse
Bogolan textile on stretcher · 171 × 72 cm
Price Upon Request
JELANI OKAFOR · 2019
Threaded Indigo
Acrylic and gold leaf · 90 × 107 cm
Exhibition only
AVAILABLEJELANI OKAFOR · 2018
Ancestral Geometry
Oil and indigo on linen · 163 × 124 cm
Price Upon Request
EDITORIAL
Stories from Guinea-Bissau
STORIES FROM GUINEA-BISSAU
A studio afternoon in Bissau
Inside the studios shaping Guinea-Bissau's new visual grammar — where inherited symbols meet a contemporary register.
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VOICES FROM GUINEA-BISSAU
Jelani Okafor on process and place
Bijagós cosmology and post-independence printmaking. A conversation on lineage, material, and the pull of the west African horizon.
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NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM GUINEA-BISSAU
Emerging voices around Bissau
Curatorial notes on the emerging generation reframing Guinea-Bissau's cultural output for a global audience.
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Exhibitions linked to Guinea-Bissau
Ongoing — March 2027
Threads of Guinea-Bissau
NUA-ARTE Pavilion · Bissau
Sept 2026 — Jan 2027
West Currents
Group show · touring West Africa
IMMERSIVE MODE
Step inside the Guinea-Bissau pavilion.
A curated, room-by-room virtual walk through the featured artist, emerging voices, and available works from Guinea-Bissau.