Aisha Aliyu-Bima

Aisha Aliyu-Bima is an award-winning curator, archivist, photographer, and researcher whose work examines contemporary African and Sahelian arts through an anthropological lens. Based in Abuja, she serves as the Director of Arts at the African School of Economics. Her extensive research focuses on Northern Nigerian cultural identities, language, and regional history, highlighted by her landmark curated exhibition AREWA? at Lagos's Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art. Recognising her contributions to the continent's creative ecosystem, she was named the inaugural recipient of Art Basel's Koyo Kouoh Fellowship in 2026.