Claude Bunny Massassa is a contemporary artist from Gabon. She created Bunny Studio in 2016, a start-up dedicated to photography production, which became DWABI Studio in 2021. As an artist, she has represented Gabon in many international exhibitions in Senegal, Uganda, France, the United States, and Italy. In her art, she denounces social stigmas around issues of identity and mental health, and explores themes of traditions and myths.
Executive Director Kimberly Aceves- Iñiguez has been passionately committed for over 20 years to social justice organizing and advocacy efforts that bring voice and power to youth, LGBTQ people, people of color, and working-class communities in the Bay Area. Before coming on as the Executive Director for RYSE, Kimberly served as the Executive Director for Youth Together, the founding organization of the RYSE Center.
Kanwarpal Dhaliwal is one of the co-founders of RYSE and currently acts as the Associate Director. She supports and guides the implementation and integration of healing-centered practices, grounded in racial justice and liberation, and also develops, promotes, and advocates for policies, investments, practices, and research that enliven healing, justice, and liberation. Kanwarpal believes that the purpose of her work and life is to contribute to movements, communities, and legacies of liberation that honor the ancestors who fought for her existence and survival, and to forge a world that is just and gentle for future generations.
Sagal Ali is the founder and executive director of SAF. After a few years in her career in heritage protection in the cultural sector, she decided to develop the initiative to directly support young creatives in Somalia by launching her own foundation. She hopes to bridge the social gaps and inequalities women face in Somalia, both in society and in the arts scene.
Co-founders Catherine Dunga and Marleen Palmaers created Kitambo to bridge the gap between the African diaspora in Colombia and the narratives from the continent. From Kinshasa and Antwerp respectively, they work to connect African artists from the continent and their peers from the Colombian diaspora.
Martha Kazungu is a curator, art Historian and Founder of Njabala Foundation, an organization that curates periodic exhibitions and organizes a public program of activities to create a safe space for female artists to thrive and blossom.
Alicia Hansen is a photographer and teacher from New York. She founded NYC SALT in 2008 and, beyond teaching valuable creative skills to her students, has developed a long-term support system to uplift them through school and into their early artistic careers.
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Discover a selection of contents from “We, The People” on Medium by clicking the links below:
A WikiAfrica State of Mind
Adama Sanneh, Co-Funder and CEO at Moleskine Foundation, introducing the WikiAfrica Education program.
How we Made the Constitution
Albie Sachs tells us the history of the South African Constitution
Setting the Best Course
A talk delivered by Justice Cameron to the students attending AfroCuration at Constitution Hill, October 5th 2019.
Counting Our Blessings
Interview to Adv Dumisa Ntsebeza during AfroCuration Event held in October 2019 at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg.
The Power of Each Citizen
Interview to Dawn Robertson, CEO at Constitution Hill.
Knowledge, Creativity and Activism
Moleskine Foundation, Constitution Hill and Afropunk Army partnered together to “Write Black Woman into History”.
My Language is Beautiful
Interview to Thando Idebi, Student participating in the AfroCuration event.
COLOPHON
Curated by
Papakow Baiden
Edited by
Giulia Brivio
Art Direction & Design
Luca Bogoni
Curatorial theme development
Lwando Xaso
Interview transcriptions
Yours and Media (PTY) Ltd, Melissa Morozzo, Papakow Baiden
Cultural Partner
Constitution Hill TRUST
Special thanks to
Constitution Hill Development Company,
Harambee, Barloworld Ltd, Nando’s South Africa, Bridge, WikimediaZA, Yours and Media (PTY) Ltd, Fondazione Aurora, Favini
Printed at
Galli Thierry stampa, Milan
Paper
Favini’s paper Shiro Echo with 100% recycled
fibre; using vegetable-based ink, 100% IPA FREE.
Published by
Moleskine Foundation ETS
Milan, Italy, February 2020
ISBN 978-88-944501-1-8
© Moleskine Foundation, 2019
www.moleskinefoundation.org
WikiAfrica Education is a program that seeks to increase the quantity, quality, and awareness of African content online. We drive this primarily with schools and teachers, empowering them with skills and knowledge of digital tools to become knowledge producers. Our annual events, called AfroCuration, are mass Wikipedia editing sessions in which articles are written, improved, or translated.
Supported by
Moleskine
