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Whereas many conferences on Afrobeats and African culture industries take place within academic settings in the West, in its inaugural year, AAF is seeking to assemble thought leaders on the continent, where culture and innovation are most vibrant and these questions are most relevant. Please register via the Contact tab.
Event Details
SUNDAY
July 26
SUNDAY
July 26
MONDAY
July 27
MONDAY
July 27
12p Daytime workshops and sessions for panelists and invited guests.
3pm Worldfaze Art Practice (Ogbodjo/Madina),
"Prototyping a Pan-African Future: AI & African Autonomy"
a panel discussion with Fola Adeleke (Global Center on AI Governance),
Seyram Avle (Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst), Sela Adjei (UniMAC Institute of Film and Television), Tony Abakisi (Solis Finance), Osemu Ebhohimen (Leti Arts), moderated by Reginold Royston (Univ Wisconsin Information School)
[ Open to the public ]
7pm Opening Performance "When You See Me,"
a play by award-winning author Peace Adzo Medie
ETS Drama Studio, University of Ghana
[ Open to the public ]
9am-5pm University of Ghana ISSER Hall [ Registration required ]
Theme: African Arts Futures: AI, Arts, Culture and Sovereignty featuring talks, panels and performances by Ibrahim Mahama, Poetra Asantewa, Dr. Terry Bright Ofoso (Uncle T), Enam, academics and scholars from across the diaspora.
9:30 am - Performances and Fireside Chat with Poetra, Dr. Terry Ofosu and Enam, moderated by Dodzi Aveh.
11 am - panel “Literature and Visual Arts: The Future of African Cultural Performance" with Peace Medie, Masi Asare, Eric Tsimi, Atsu Gorleku
moderated by Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang (Univ. of Ghana)
12:45 pm - Graduate student panel (lunch served)
2:15 pm - panel "Afrobeats, Hip Hop and Alté: Disrupting the Platform" Kwame Edwin Otu (Georgetown Univ), Msia Kibona Clark (Howard Univ), Kobby Ankomah Graham (moderated by Reginold Royston)
3 45 pm - Ibrahim Mahama, closing keynote talk and chat with Sally Naumah (Northwestern Univ.)
[ more details on the panelists ]
7pm Palm Moments, Creative Culture Space (Asylum Down)
"Knowledge on the Rocks" director's and artist talk
feat. Kobby Ankomah Graham and his new film
"Accra Becoming" [ Open to the public ]
Worldfaze Art Practice, Accra
