Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent opened its Hayward Gallery presentation in London on February 10, 2005, after debuting at Museum Kunstpalast in Dusseldorf. Curated by Simon Njami with an international team, the touring exhibition brought together more than eighty artists from Africa and the diaspora, organized around themes including identity, history, the body, the city and the land. It was widely discussed as the largest contemporary African art exhibition staged in Europe and as a successor, in ambition if not method, to Magiciens de la Terre. Its London presentation foregrounded artists such as Samuel Fosso, El Anatsui, Wangechi Mutu, Romuald Hazoume and Goncalo Mabunda while drawing criticism over whether a continental survey could avoid simplifying its subject.
The exhibition expanded museum audiences for contemporary African art while sharpening debates about global survey shows.
