Selected writings

  • Rita Ouédraogo - 'The Long Walk.' Essay on the work of photographer Stephen Tayo, Patta Magazine, Volume Seven (Forthcoming, expected September 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay, catalogue text for Meschac Gaba's solo exhibition, Cotonou, Stevenson Gallery (Forthcoming - Sept. 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay, invited writer for the Best Verzorgde Boeken / Best Dutch Book Designs prize’s 100-year anniversary publication, nai010 publishers (Forthcoming, expected Sept. 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay on Ndayé Kouagou, catalogue text for Collezione Maramotti, Mousse Publishing (Sept. 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Interviews for Order Territory Magazine, including with Pouria Khojastehpay (550BC) (Forthcoming Sept. 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay: 'An Aesthetic of Abundance.' Unguis Oracle, Issue 02: Tactus, Nail Code section (July 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - 'Situated Practices,' in conversation with Luísa Santos, in: Permacultures of Care: Imagining New Narratives, by Luísa Santos. Routledge (April 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - 'Put everything into your work, but don't give all of yourself to everyone' – on the practice of Bodil Ouédraogo. Mister Motley (April 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay: 'The Opacity of Inheritance,' on the work of Bodil Ouédraogo, for the publication Crossing Threads, Gelijk is Ongelijk / Robbie Schweiger (March 2026)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay: 'The Belly as Archive: Honoring Temporary Structures in Contemporary Curatorial Practice.' Tubelight, issue 132, made in collaboration with Buro Stedelijk, marking the end of Buro Stedelijk's first three-year cycle under her curatorship (December 2025)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - 'The belly as a transformative space' – on The Belly of Momo in Buro Stedelijk. Mister Motley (November 2025)

  • Rita Ouédraogo – Dat wat niet doorschijnt. Metropolis M Nummer 4 Carrière + EXTRA: Graduation Magazine 2025 (August 2025)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Conversation: Stillness and Still Life: Photography as That Which is Up and Rising with Dana Lixenberg and Rahim Fortune. Territory Magazine (July 2025)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Between Performance and Perpetual Questioning: Ndayé Kouagou's Radical Invitation. CURA magazine (June 2025)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Interview with Oko Ebombo 'On the Art of Moving Through Endless Space.' For ExtraExtra magazine (Expected April 2025)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay; 'On Stilness, Rest, and Darkness (as Blackness)' for the publication: Nocturnalities (January 2025)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay: A Take Over: Creating a Space for Unity During Notting Hill Carnival, Viewpoint Colour Magazine (December 2024)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Curatorial text for Ndaye Kouagou show: A Message for Everybody in Gathering London (December 2024)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay on Ola Hassanain's ongoing research: Cracks Run Through Our Lives in Viewpoint Colour Magazine (July 2024)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - A Conversation between Wilhelm Sasnal, Adam Szymzyck and Rita Ouedraogo for the catalogue (October 2024)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Essay on Julianknxx' practice for Patta Magazine (May 2024)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Article: 'Whose Heritage, Whose Canoe? Curating Beyond the 'Savage to Slot' in the Bijlmer, Amsterdam.' For the volume 'The Future of the Colonial Past: Curating Heritage, Art and Activism' by Amsterdam University Press (February 2024)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Curatorial text Gallery 1957 in Accra, Ghana: Tiffanie Delune (May 2023)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - Gideon Appah's Much Needed Mythical Space of Effortless Rest

  • Rita Ouédraogo & Azu Nwagbogu - In conversation with Sthenjwa Luthuli

  • Rita Ouédraogo - De legacy van Black Lives Matter met Mitchell Esajas over de lange en voortdurende strijd tegen ongelijkheid. Metropolis M (Jan 2022)

  • Rita Ouédraogo - 'Fit' in De Goede Immigrant: 23 visies op Nederland (2020)

  • Rita Ouédraogo, Robin Lelijveld, Martin Berger, Richard Kofi, Wayne Modest - 'For Contingent Collaboration: the making of the Afterlives of Slavery exhibition at the Tropenmuseum.' In: Matters of Belonging. Sidestone Press (2019)

  • Rita Ouédraogo & Wayne Modest - 'Foreword: On Collaborations' in: CO-LAB: Afterlives of Slavery (2018)