FATOUMATA DIABATE

Born in Mali, Fatoumata Diabaté began her career at the Audiovisual Training Center for Women (Promo-Femmes) in Bamako. In 2002, she joined the Bamako Photography Promotion Center (CFP), an institution dedicated to the professional development of Malian photographers. There, she refined her mastery of black-and-white analog photography.

Invited to numerous festivals, her work has been showcased in individual and group exhibitions in Mali, France, and internationally. She has received multiple awards, including the Africa Prize from the French Association for Artistic Action (AFAA), and the Jury Prize at the Boutographies Rencontres Photographiques in Montpellier in 2023. In 2020, she was selected for the Photography Residencies at Quai Branly. In 2021, she was invited to exhibit as part of Africa 2020, alongside the Africa-France Summit in Montpellier. In September 2022, she exhibited at the National Library of France (BnF) in Paris for the reopening of the Richelieu site.

Since 2017, she has been the president of the Association of Women Photographers and Artists of Mali (AFPAM). In August 2023, she took on the leadership of an African Cultural Space in Montpellier.

 
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