The goal of the Africa Center is to help people understand and engage with contemporary Africa.
Halima Aliko Dangote was recently appointed the president of The Africa Center in New York City with the major responsibility of raising capital for the centre. The goal is to raise funds to complete the centre building in New York.
A recent fundraising event took place in Nigeria, hosted by Aliko Dangote Foundation.
The centre is located at One Museum Mile, in East Harlem, Manhattan. The new location represents a cultural gateway to Harlem the traditional African- American neighborhood in New York. The building, designed by architect Robert A.M. Stern, is the first museum building built on New York's Museum Mile since the completion of the Guggenheim in 1959.
While construction is being finalised, the Africa Center continues to present pop up events in its new space until the building is completed. It will serve as a cultural centre, and will make the museum accessible to a wide range of people from the world over, thus solidifying the museum's presence as one of the most challenging and diverse art institutions in the U.S.
The new building will encompass approximately 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2) with 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2) of exhibition space, as well as a theatre, education centre, library, classrooms, event space, restaurant and gift shop. The growth into the cultural centre has been spearheaded by, among others, Hadeel Ibrahim, daughter of Mo Ibrahim, and Chelsea Clinton.
The focus areas of The Africa Centre’s programming include:
Companies such as Dangote are at the forefront of re-defining for the world what African business is and what Africans can accomplish. The ambition of the Center is to become a major rallying point on African issues globally.
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