Malindi Guide: November 2025

The Malindi Press City Guide is your curated map to the most compelling dinners, openings, performances, parties, and spaces where Black culture pulses loudest. Whether you're in New York, London, or Paris, this month offers something deeper than just plans; it offers presence. This guide is mainly for New York, but we snuck in some things to do in London and Paris at the end. Enjoy!

New York

• Nov 15: NYC Amapiano Day Fest – The Clash of South & West African Culture (music festival)

• Nov 22: That Little Black Dress Affair Pt.6 Sneaker Gala – fashion and nightlife event

• Nov 28: Jerk Fest Black Friday Rooftop – food and culture celebration

• Nov 8: South African Expo – diaspora business and arts showcase

• Nov 15 onward: Studio Museum in Harlem – 'At an Arm’s Length: Expanding the Walls 2025' (new building opening & exhibition)

• Ongoing: The Africa Center – rotating exhibitions on African and diaspora art

• Ongoing: Whitney Museum – exhibitions featuring Black American artists (part of the contemporary series)

• Ongoing: Brooklyn Museum – 'Africa Fashion' and 'The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time'

• Ongoing: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture – 'Notes on Black Futures' exhibition

• Ongoing: MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts) – community-based Black art installations

• Ongoing: Jack Shainman Gallery – African and African American contemporary art shows

Paris

• Until January 1, 2026: Tyler Mitchell, “Wish This Was Real”: MEP - Exhibition showcasing his photography.

• Ongoing: Maison des Mondes Africains (MansA) – inaugural exhibitions on African and Afro-Caribbean heritage

• Ongoing: À WÁ N’BẸ Part II – African diaspora multi-sensory exhibition (sound, photography, installation)

• Ongoing: Centre Pompidou – 'Black Paris' exhibition highlighting Caribbean and African diaspora art

• Ongoing: Galerie Cécile Fakhoury – contemporary African artists exhibition

• Centre Pompidou: Paris Noir (1950–2000) — ongoing
  An exhibition exploring artistic movements and anti-colonial resistance in Black Paris.

• Joséphine (dance tribute to Josephine Baker) — Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
  A contemporary dance performance inspired by Baker’s life and legacy.

• Contemporary gallery shows — Le Marais, Belleville, 13ᵉ arrondissement
  Solo and group exhibitions featuring African and diaspora artists.

London

• Ongoing: Tate Modern – exhibitions featuring artists from the African diaspora (through December)

• Ongoing: Serpentine Gallery – show by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama (installation art)

• Ongoing: Somerset House – exhibition on African photography and visual storytelling

• Ongoing: Autograph Gallery – contemporary Black British photographers exhibition

• Ongoing: Southbank Centre – African Diaspora visual arts showcase (part of Black History Season)

• Black Lives in Music: Classically Black — Kings Place
  A concert series spotlighting Black composers and classical performers.