ADAMA Presents The African Game by Andrew Dosunmu During Atlanta’s Historic World Cup Moment
PRESS RELEASE New exhibition explores football as culture, ritual, identity, and a unifying force across the African continent
Opening in Atlanta ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
ATLANTA, GA — This summer, as Atlanta becomes the center of the football world, ADAMA (African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta) opens The African Game — a photographic exhibition by Nigerian photographer and filmmaker Andrew Dosunmu that reframes who gets to be at the center of that story.
The images don't chase the spectacle of the sport. They go deeper, into the stands, the streets, the rituals before kickoff and the silence after a missed penalty. Shot across nine countries — Angola, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal — the work follows the fans: the people for whom football is not entertainment, but devotion.
Dosunmu brings a filmmaker's instinct to still photography. His portraits are cinematic and unhurried, rendering football not as an event but as a living archive of identity, movement, fashion, and collective memory. What emerges is a portrait of a continent that is vibrant, contemporary, and bound together by something larger than any one match.
"Atlanta is one of the most important cultural capitals of the African Diaspora," said ADAMA Founder Fahamu Pecou. "As the world gathers here for the World Cup, The African Game offers a chance to center African narratives — to look at football not just as sport, but as a language of community, devotion, migration, identity, and joy."
The timing is deliberate. Atlanta arrives at this moment not only as a World Cup host city, but as one of the Blackest major cities in America — a longtime epicenter of music, art, film, and diaspora culture. The African Game opens within that context, and speaks directly to Atlanta's African and diaspora communities for whom the exhibition will feel less like an introduction than a homecoming.
The African Game is a meditation on belonging. On how culture moves across borders and survives across generations. On what it means to love a game that has always loved you back.
The opening reception will include music, community programming, and celebration of the intersections of football, art, and diasporic identity.
Exhibition Information
The African Game Photography by Andrew Dosunmu Presented by ADAMA — African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta
Opening Reception: [INSERT DATE] ADAMA | [INSERT ADDRESS], Atlanta, Georgia adamatl.org/theafricangame
About ADAMA The African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta celebrates and preserves the art, history, and cultural contributions of the African Diaspora through exhibitions, programming, storytelling, and community engagement. Rooted in Atlanta, connected globally.
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