Koyo Kouoh, a Cameroonian-born curator who has been serving as Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) in Cape Town since 2019, poses for a portrait at the museum in Cape Town, on October 31, 2023. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

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The Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh has been appointed the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale, one of the world's most important contemporary art shows.

The 57-year-old has