Jolof Stories from the Falémé Valley to the Lands of Teranga

Dakar-based Chef Tamsir Ndir is known for his mastering of West African cuisine. In the course of his thirty-year-long career, Ndir has been a great advocate of the use of local products and spices to promote the food traditions of his grandmothers’ generation. He has brought culinary knowledge from his hometown in Saint Louis, in north-west Senegal, to top-rated restaurants in Dakar, Abidjan, Paris, Montréal, and beyond.

Historian and anthropologist Abdourahmane Seck, Chef Tamsir Ndir, fashion designer Khadija Aisha Ba L’Artisane, and HKW curator Marie Helene Pereira engage in a conversation on Teranga and the principles of reciprocity, followed by a curated dinner with Tamsir Ndir und Khadija Aisha Ba L’Artisane.


Programme:

19:00 
Le Sandaga 
D: Mamy Tal, 2021, 6' 29"  
Short film screening, introduced by Khadija Aisha Ba L’Artisane 

Followed by a conversation (in English) on Teranga and the principles of reciprocity with Abdourahmane Seck, Chef Tamsir Ndir, Khadija Aisha Ba L’Artisane, and Marie Helene Pereira  


20:30 
Ceebu Jën 
A curated dinner with Chef Tamsir Ndir and Khadija Aisha Ba L’Artisane 


22:30 
DJ set by Chef Tamsir Ndir a.k.a DJ Tchoub Tchoub