From December 3 to 5, 2025, the MASA FESTIVAL’s Internal Selection Committee for artistic groups met at the MASA house in the Plateau district of Abidjan to select the troupes that will participate in the 14th edition of the MASA FESTIVAL. This edition will take place from April 11 to 18, 2026, in Abidjan, under the theme: “Performing Arts in Africa, a tool for economic and social integration.”
The committee reviewed 384 applications from 52 countries, submitted via the official MASA FESTIVAL platform. Following the deliberations, the MASA FESTIVAL Selection Committee selected 39 artists and groups from 23 countries, distributed as follows:
05 in Street Arts;
04 in Circus;
01 in Storytelling;
06 in Contemporary Dance;
02 in Urban Dance;
04 in Young Audience;
13 in Music;
01 in Slam;
03 in Theater.
The MASA General Management warmly thanks the members of the MASA FESTIVAL Internal Selection Committee for their commitment and the quality of their work, as well as all the candidates for the excellence of their proposals. It congratulates the selected artists and invites them to promptly initiate the necessary administrative procedures, including visa and health formalities, for their participation in MASA 2026.
Done in Abidjan, December 5, 2025.
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