RAW Material Company is a centre for art, knowledge, and society in Dakar. It is an initiative involved with curatorial practice, artistic education, residencies, knowledge production, and archiving of theory and criticism on art, aiming to foster appreciation and growth of artistic and intellectual creativity in Africa. Marie Hélène talks about how the centre was developed in a Senegalese context, and how the pedagogical programme at RAW Académie was developed as a response to the growing need for spaces that nurture learning and unlearning. She points at how artistic education in Senegal has, in many ways, been modelled by a colonial context, that provokes a need for an update that allows RAW to align with the current situation and its urgencies. She presents a programme dedicated to a dynamic reflection on artistic research, curatorial practice, and critical writing and how it is organised around sessions. Each session is directed by a lead faculty with invited practitioners and thinkers in art, curating, and art criticism. So far 8 sessions have been organised since 2016 with faculty members and fellows from all over the world.