University of the Underground

Hip-hop recording artist and producer

Half of Ibeyi, board member University of the Underground

Musician, TED speaker

Founder of multidisciplinary design studio with a focus on interior & architectural design solutions

Shabazz Palaces, former Digable Planets member, University of the Underground board member

Practitioner exploring musical spaces that emerged and matured across communities of the African diaspora

Occupational therapist, performance artist and author

Researcher, designer and artist.

Arts for Social Change Advocate; Founder of Caribbean Fashion and Arts Feature Festival and EAST YARD; Designer of the Green Violet line of men’s accessories and a Personal Brand Visioning Coach

Rap Poet

Chinese-Filipina award-winning interdisciplinary artist, designer, and writer who creates works that investigate nature, our role in nature, and the tensions between nature and technology.

Dancer, academic and activist concerned with the intersection of art, politics and social justice

Artist, designer, creative technologist, researcher, and educator

Social practice artist, researcher and vinyl selector

Storyteller using photography and film to document the narratives and ongoing history of their community

Award-winning author, filmmaker, independent scholar, and dance therapist

Ghanaian digital artist and freelance arts and culture writer exploring the power of narrative.

South African writer, arts practitioner and Funda Community College Creative Arts Incubation alum

British street artist, performance artist and prominent public protester.

Practitioner working at the intersection of software, critical theory, data, and poetry

Educator of race, gender and representation, Ph.D candidate

Migration & Development Case Study: Ghana's Connections

Poet and editor who created Lost in Time in 2017

Freelance consultant on arts/technology and ethical AI currently based in Munich

Executive Director of War on Want

Multilingual writer, theatre maker and film maker

Musician, creative director and curator of live experiences

Writer, curator and project organizer

a Black radical transgender WomXn, activist, speaker, and trainer. 

Co-founder and Chief Executive of financial technology and blockchain firm Kuva

Director of the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, Senior Lecturer in Interactive Digital Media at the Wits School of the Arts, Editor in Chief and Digital Editor

Academic scholar, artist, and practising decolonising designer

Culture writer, documentary producer, and film programmer

Director, choreographer, performer, teacher and activist

Curator and lecturer

Chairwoman of the Flemish Green Party (Groen) in Brussels-Capital Region

Transdisciplinary Environmental Designer

Rebekah Ubuntu is a multidisciplinary sound artist and university lecturer. Their practice explores speculative fiction through electronic music, sound art, voice, performance, installation, text, songwriting and the moving image.

Ibiye is a multidisciplinary artist and tutor. Her work engages with technology, trade and material within the African Diaspora.