'Memoria' exhibition draws to a close at Fondation H in Madagascar capital

After ten months on display (Apr 4, 2024-Feb. 28, 2025), the itinerant and pan-African exhibition Memoria: récits d’un autre Histoire (Memoria: accounts of another History) came to a close in Fondation H in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

-  Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer

Curated by Nadine Hounkpatin and Céline Seror, the show brought together approximately 40 works by 22 artists from 11 countries across Africa and its diasporas. Over 140,000 visitors discovered it. Memoria: accounts of another History embodied the concept of a collective memory, composed of a multitude of accounts, histories, inquiries, and experiences interwoven within individual, personal, and intimate recollections. Fondation H marked the fourth stop of the exhibition, following Bordeaux (France, 2021), Abidjan (Céte d'Ivoire, 2022), and Yaoundé (Cameroon, 2023). With each new destination, curators Hounkpatin and Seror attempted to redefine both the selection of artworks and the list of participating artists.

The adaptive approach ensured the exhibition remained contextually relevant across diverse geographic and cultural landscapes. In Antananarivo, Memoria was specifically developed for the Malagasy context, in close collaboration with the Fondation H team and the local artistic community.