African Arts Futures
Accra 2026
Artists, entrepreneurs, scholars, scientists and performers are pointing towards a Pan-African future where tech and art lead the way. This two-day symposium in Accra seeks to broaden the conversation beyond the success of AfroBeats and popular music. We query the infrastructures, ecosystems, and future-oriented strategies in performance, visual culture, and digital media that are needed for greater African sovereignty.
This event builds on previous research conferences focused on digital media and music. African/diaspora researchers and artists will be centered in these discussions, focused on local expertise and insights of local cultural producers.
African Arts Futures is being coordinated by an interdisciplinary cohort of scholars lead by Drs. Sally Afia Nuamah and Dotun Ayobade (Northwestern), Reginold Royston (University of Wisconsin, Madison-USA), and Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang (University of Ghana), with SSS Productions.