On the Mic: Crafting Your Voice in Podcasting Masterclass By Chinny Ukata and Astrid MadimbaFriday, 27th June2:00pm – 4:00pm 2024 Independent Podcast of the Year winners, Chinny Ukata and Astrid Madimba of “It’s a Continent” podcast bring their expertise in broadcasting in a session focused on how to achieve longevity and stay fresh on the microphone. Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata are hosts of It’s a Continent, a podcast celebrating Africa’s diverse past and present, and authors of the book of the same name, highlighting the consequences of colonialism and how this legacy reverberates today. With the support of Open Society Foundations, South to North series Apply Share

The Craft of Photojournalism: A Journey from Sight to Insight Masterclass By Luis TatoFriday, 27th June2:00pm – 4:00pm Are you interested in photojournalism, whether as a passion or a career path? Don’t miss this interactive two-hour masterclass with Luis Tato, Chief Photographer and Photo Coordinator for East Africa and the Indian Ocean at Agence France-Presse. Tato is also the winner of the 2021 and 2025 World Press Photo contest. Gain insights from his years of experience behind the lens and learn about the work that goes on in the photo department of one of the world’s largest international news agencies. Luis Tato has a degree in audiovisual communication and began…

Punk Publishing: Zine Adventures Masterclass Friday, 27th JuneBy Tizzita Teffera2:00pm – 4:00pm Step into a hands-on zine-making adventure where scissors are sacred, glue is bold, and the mess is half the magic. This isn’t just a workshop, it’s a creative playground run by Ethiopian artist, Tizzita Teffera where you’ll cut, paste, layer, scribble, question, and collage your way into self-expression. Zines; punky, poetic, political are made for anyone with something to say. You’ll dive into a delicious mix of images, textures, words, and wildness, using everything from the mundane to the mystical to create something personal, radical, or just plain weird.  Whether you’re into memory, myth, rebellion, or ritual, there’s…

Life as a poem Masterclass By Ngwatilo MawiyooFriday, 27th June10:30am – 12:00pm Learn where to look within to re-language personal experiences and harness joy, pain and despair at world events into poetry with Momtaza Mehri. Momtaza Mehri is a British-Somali poet, essayist, editor, and researcher. She is a former Young People’s Poet Laureate for London and winner of the 2019 Manchester Writing Prize. Her writing has featured in the Guardian, POETRY, Granta, Wasafiri, Bidoun, The White Review and on BBC Radio 4. She works across criticism, translation, anti-disciplinary research practices, education and radio. Her poetry collection, Bad Diaspora Poems is the winner of an Eric Gregory Award and the 2023…

Sound and Motion Masterclass By Ayanna Lloyd BanwoFriday, 27th June10:30am – 12:00pm A creative writing session with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo on how to infuse your writing with specificity drawn from lived experience interwoven with research and imagination. Ayanna Lloyd Banwo is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. Her debut novel When We Were Birds was the 2023 winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award, the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, and the American Book Award. It was also shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the McKitterick Prize and named one of the UK Observer’s Best Debuts and The Economist’s Best Books…

Revolutionary Papers Masterclass  Africa is a Country & Ukombozi Library Friday, 27th June9:30am – 12:00pm This is a workshop offering digital teaching tools run by Ukombozi Library, a Kenyan archive of progressive media. The session will be based on Africa is a Country’s “Revolutionary Papers”, a year long series on the archival remnants of African and black diaspora anti-colonial movement materials to retrieve a politics and pedagogy that challenge the contemporary cooptation of radical histories. Supported by Africa is a Country Apply Share