{"id":37639,"date":"2025-02-10T12:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/griotmag.com\/?p=37639"},"modified":"2025-04-20T11:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T09:13:31","slug":"griotmag-anniversary-1ten-years-of-griotmag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/griotmag.com\/en\/griotmag-anniversary-1ten-years-of-griotmag\/","title":{"rendered":"GET TOGETHER | 10 Years of GRIOTmag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, Ghanaian artist El Anatsui won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 56th Venice Biennale, curated by Nigerian-born Okuwi Enwezor \u2014 the first African to hold this role. This marked an important milestone for art from Africa and its diaspora and coincided with the early days of the Rome-based editorial platform GRIOTmag, founded by Johanne Affrico in February 2015 as an alternative hub celebrating creative and cultural diversity through art by Africans and members of the African diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Celine Angbeletchy (co-editor), and Eric Otieno Sumba (contributing-editor), joined along the way, and ten years on, GRIOTmag looks back on a decade\u2019s worth of editorial content: exclusive interviews with leading artists in their respective fields, sharp opinion pieces on current matters of interest, short documentaries, as well as an archive of news and analysis on the ups and downs of the global art scene.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37640\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/griotmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Johanne-Affricot-left-Celine-Angbeletchy-center-Eric-Otieno-Sumba-right-Photo-di-Emmanuel-Anyigor_Courtesy-GRIOTmag-SPAZIO-GRIOT-1024x787.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37640 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37640\" src=\"http:\/\/griotmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Johanne-Affricot-left-Celine-Angbeletchy-center-Eric-Otieno-Sumba-right-Photo-di-Emmanuel-Anyigor_Courtesy-GRIOTmag-SPAZIO-GRIOT-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/griotmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Johanne-Affricot-left-Celine-Angbeletchy-center-Eric-Otieno-Sumba-right-Photo-di-Emmanuel-Anyigor_Courtesy-GRIOTmag-SPAZIO-GRIOT-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/griotmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Johanne-Affricot-left-Celine-Angbeletchy-center-Eric-Otieno-Sumba-right-Photo-di-Emmanuel-Anyigor_Courtesy-GRIOTmag-SPAZIO-GRIOT-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/griotmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Johanne-Affricot-left-Celine-Angbeletchy-center-Eric-Otieno-Sumba-right-Photo-di-Emmanuel-Anyigor_Courtesy-GRIOTmag-SPAZIO-GRIOT-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/griotmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Johanne-Affricot-left-Celine-Angbeletchy-center-Eric-Otieno-Sumba-right-Photo-di-Emmanuel-Anyigor_Courtesy-GRIOTmag-SPAZIO-GRIOT-1536x1181.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/griotmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Johanne-Affricot-left-Celine-Angbeletchy-center-Eric-Otieno-Sumba-right-Photo-di-Emmanuel-Anyigor_Courtesy-GRIOTmag-SPAZIO-GRIOT-2048x1574.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript> Johanne Affricot (left), Celine Angbeletchy (center) Eric Otieno Sumba (right). Photo: Emmanuel Anyigor. COURTESY: GRIOTmag, SPAZIO GRIOT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the end of 2021, GRIOT has expanded its work to include more live, in-person programming through <a href=\"https:\/\/spaziogriot.org\/en\/home-en\/\">SPAZIO GRIOT<\/a>, a nomadic space for research, process, experimentation, discussion, and education in visual and performing arts, music, and literature. At yet another historic juncture, we are looking forward to celebrating this milestone with you in Rome, where it all started!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6:00 pm | Welcome &amp; Drinks<\/li>\n<li>6:15 pm | 10 years down, 40 years to go<br \/>\nA conversation with Johanne Affricot, Celine Angbeletchy, Eric Otieno Sumba (GRIOT collective)<\/li>\n<li>7:30 pm &#8211; 9:30 pm Listening sessions<br \/>\nw\/ EHUA and Ramingo<\/li>\n<li>Screening premiere of <em>Identit\u00e0 Sospese<\/em> [Suspended Identities] featuring artist and sculptor Victor Fotso Nyie. In collaboration with Museo delle Civilit\u00e0 of Rome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GET TOGETHER<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 1, 2o25<br \/>\nH. 18.00-21.30<br \/>\n@ Sala 1<br \/>\nPiazza di Porta San Giovanni, 10<br \/>\nRome<\/p>\n<p>Entry is free. Registration is required to attend.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, Ghanaian artist El Anatsui won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 56th Venice Biennale, curated by Nigerian-born Okuwi Enwezor \u2014 the first African to hold this role. 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