How can African traditional and digital arts lead to a path of sovereignty in economics and politics in the Age of AI?
Artists, entrepreneurs, scholars, scientists and performers are pointing the way. At this two-day symposium in Accra, we'll start to chart the path. The African Arts Futures symposium seeks to broaden the conversation beyond AfroBeats and popular music to arts more generally.
We will query the infrastructures, ecosystems, and future-oriented strategies in music, performance, visual culture, and digital media that can lead to a Pan-African future.
This event builds on previous research conferences focused on Afrobeats and digital media. African/diaspora researchers and artists will be centered in these discussions focused on local expertise and insights of local cultural producers.
Pre-conference Event:
'Afrobeats as the Prototype'
Royston @ Herskovtis Library, Northwestern (USA) Chicago 2 June 2:30p CST - link here.
Streaming info to come.
Jul 26: "Arts Activation", Osu Arts District, Accra
Jul 27: University of Ghana, Legon - Cedi Center
Details forthcoming.
For more info contact: info@raroyston.com
This symposium in Accra 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).
