Dakar Photo Journal: Djibril Dramé

A portrait of Dakar by Djibril Dramé.

For the fourth stop on AFMAC's journey to creative hubs in cities spanning from Lagos to Nairobi, we partnered with photographer and artist Djibril Dramé to capture the energy of Dakar. Dramé is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in the spiritual ethos of the Baye Fall Sufi brotherhood. His work weaves poetic and politically engaged approaches to cultural memory with contemporary African aesthetics. He has developed a distinct visual language that foregrounds Black experience and excellence, migration and diaspora, spirituality, and gender identity—most often through photographic portraiture made with a Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C medium-format camera.

Since his first exhibition in 2012, he has presented his work across Africa, Europe, and beyond. His practice is deeply collaborative, bringing together artists, researchers, and thinkers around Black and diasporic narratives. A member of the sixth cohort of residents at Black Rock Senegal, he recently completed a Dekandoo residency in Gandiol, Saint-Louis, Senegal, and will head to Barcelona in 2026 at The Over to continue his research on migration, identity, and spirituality.