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Simon Njami was born on 4 January, 1962 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is an A cameroonian male writer. Discover Simon Njami's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
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4 January 1962 |
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Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Switzerland
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Simon Njami Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Simon Njami Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Simon Njami worth at the age of 62 years old? Simon Njami’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. He is from Switzerland. We have estimated Simon Njami's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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He co-curated the first African Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale.
Simon Njami (born 1962 in Lausanne) is a writer and an independent curator, lecturer, art critic and essayist.
Njami published his first novel "Cercueil et Cie" in 1985, followed by "Les Enfants de la Cité" in 1987, and "Les Clandestins" and "African Gigolo" in 1989.
He has written biographies of James Baldwin and Léopold Sédar Senghor, several short texts, scripts for cinema, and documentary films.
Njami is the co-founder of Revue Noire, a journal of contemporary African and extra-occidental art, and he was visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego.
After conceiving the Ethnicolor Festival in Paris in 1987, Njami curated many international exhibitions being among the first ones to think and show African contemporary artists work on international stages.
He has served as artistic director of Bamako Encounters, the African Photography Biennale, from 2001 to 2007.
Njami is the curator of "Africa Remix", showed in Düsseldorf (Museum Kunstpalast), London (Hayward Gallery), Paris (Centre Pompidou), Tokyo (Mori Museum), Stockholm (Moderna Museet) and Johannesburg (Johannesburg Art Gallery), from 2004 to 2007.
He curated the first African Art Fair, held in Johannesburg in 2008, and was the artistic director of Luanda Triennale (2010), Picha (Lumumbashi Biennale – 2010), SUD (Douala Triennale – 2010), among others exhibitions and international art events.
Njami's exhibition "The Divine Comedy – Heaven, Hell, Purgatory by Contemporary African Artists" was shown at MMK (Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main) in 2014, SCAD Museum of Art in 2015 and at Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of African Art, Washington, in 2015.
Njami was the artistic director of the Edition 12 of Dak'art, the Dakar Biennale, in Senegal in 2016 and the Edition 13 of the Dakar Biennale in 2017.
He curated "Afriques Capitales" in La Villette (Paris) and Gare Saint-Sauveur (Lille), in France, in 2017.
Njami is currently directing "AtWork", an itinerant and digital project with Lettera27 Foundation, in partnership with Moleskine, as well as the Pan African Master Classes in Photography, a project that he conceived with the Goethe Institute.
Njami is the Art Adviser of the Sindika Dokolo Foundation (Luanda) and the artistic director of the Donwahi Foundation (Abidjan) and member of the scientific boards of numerous museums.
After having been invited to be part of numerous art and photography juries, such as the World Press Photo contest, Njami served on the panel that chose Lawrence Abu Hamdan for the Edvard Munch Art Award in 2019.
In 2023, he was part of the six-person search committee for an artistic director of Documenta’s 2027 edition.
