Mobile museum sets off on West African road trip
By DW
23 April 2018 |
4:30 am
The Molue Mobile Museum of Contemporary Art has left Lagos for the Dak'Art festival in Senegal. Artists on board this converted bus will develop projects on the way, bringing art, dance and music to people on the 10,000-kilometer route.
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