Andra Sidan Berget - Swedish translation of Minna Salami’s Sensuous Knowledge. Photographed by Banfa Jawla
Keynote presentation and Artist Talks:
The Other Side of the Mountain
The Other Side of the Mountain opens with a keynote by Minna Salami, an author and social critic whose book Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone inspired the exhibition title. In her keynote, Minna will open up the story of a mountain and reflect on the exhibition’s themes through the lens of Sensuous Knowledge. This is followed by artist presentations featuring Adji Dieye, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Emeka Ogboh, Ibrahim Mahama, Jeannette Ehlers, Karl Ohiri, Liisa-Irmelen Liwata, Loulou Cherinet, Lungiswa Gqunta, and Sandra Mujinga, all featured in the exhibition. Their practices are grounded in multi-sensory experience, the knowledge carried by materials and landscapes, and an intuitive encounter with the world.
Date: 13 October 2026
Time: TBA
Bio Rex
Mannerheimintie 22-24
00100 Helsinki
Kamppi
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Minna Salami
Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish author, social critic, and former Senior Fellow and Programme Chair at THE NEW INSTITUTE, where she convened distinguished global thinkers to explore pluralist responses to the systemic challenges of our time.
She is the author of Can Feminism Be African?: A Most Paradoxical Question (Harper Collins, 2025) and Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone(Bloomsbury 2020) which has been translated into multiple languages. She also served as the creative director of the short film Black Feminism and the Polycrisis, which received a 2024 Lovie Award for public service.
As a leading voice of contemporary feminism, she has reached over a million readers through her award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan.com. She now writes Kaleido: The Europatriarchy Files, a publication that uncovers the overlooked perspectives of our time.
Photo by Alan Howard
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