January 26, 2024 : Zoomorphism AND Anthropomorphism : an African Focus
Special guest : Hervé Youmbi
Zoomorphism and Anthropomorphism : an African Focus
February 23rd, 2024 : The Repatriation Debate: An African Focus
Samba Yonga is an award winning journalist, communications specialist and cultural curator based in Lusaka Zambia. She is co-founder of the Women’s History Museum of Zambia, established in 2017 with the mandate to research and restore African indigenous narratives, knowledge and ‘living histories’ focused on women. Samba is also founder and managing partner of Ku-Atenga Media, a firm specializing in designing strategic communications for African landscapes that has a client network across the African region and the globe. Samba has been recognised as 100 most influential Africans by Quartz, New York, and one of 40 most influential Africans. She is also a Google Podcast Creator, TEDx Lusaka speaker and is a Museum Lab Fellow for 2022.
Motsane G. Seabela is currently Curator of Anthropology at Ditsong Museums of South Africa. She is pursuing a PhD in Heritage and Museums Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Seabela researches the muted narratives pertaining to black people in museums and has contributed book chapters and articles researching public museums perpetuating colonial legacies in a democratic South Africa. Her recent creative work includes a co-curated exhibition entitled Inherited Obsessions, which seeks to ask questions around the idea of preservation and its purpose. She also deals with the attempted erasure and transformation of museums from places entrenched in violence to places of healing. Seabela is also interested in the marginalisation of women in the memory and heritage of the South African liberation struggle.
Dr. Bulami Edward Fonyuy is a native of Nso in Bui Disney of Cameroon. He holds a PhD in Literatures in English with Specialty being Postcolonial Literatures from the University of Bamenda Cameroon, same University from where he obtained his Master Degree. Bulami is a teacher by profession, a Cultural researcher and Promoter of his culture. He is equally passionate about the restitution of African heritage from colonial contexts. He serves as cultural consultant in national media in Cameroon and organizations. He is presently working as Case Study Researcher at Open Restitution Africa (Second Cohort). Bulami has equally published works the most recent being his PhD thesis titled “Bioethical Foundations of Nso Oral Poetry” published with Generis Publishing in 2023.
