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Dakar Is Now an International Art Hotspot

"Stepping inside, I found owner Yasmine Yazback amplifying West African artists like Kelani Fatai (who created the cover portrait for Tina Knowles’s memoir Matriarch) while insisting on an international perspective—“There is a Wolof phrase we use, mbolo moy dole. It means strength in unity,” she told me. “Multiculturalism is very much Dakar.”" - Kayla Stewart Kayla Stewart Kayla Stewart is an award-winning food and travel journalist. She writes a regular column for The Bittman Project and contributes to The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines