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Bootleg Griot is an independent public library initiative dedicated to broadening access to literature and print media. Committed to collecting, preserving, and presenting works by artists, collectives, and writers of African descent, it serves...
Fondation H is a Malagasy contemporary art foundation. It was founded in Antananarivo in 2017 on the initiative of entrepreneur and patron Hassanein Hiridjee, who believed that art and culture have a strong social impact and enable a critical...
iwalewabooks is a publishing house for art, discourse and archives. We dedicate our publications to aesthetic discourses, the politics of collecting and archiving, and pleasure politics. Creating books is an aesthetic and collective endeavour....
Launched in 2020, the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation (JCAF) is a foundation dedicated to research, technology and art. As a philanthropic institution, JCAF combines academic inquiry, a platform for museum-quality exhibitions and an innovative...
KOKOBA: Meeting Our Griots is a multimodal literary platform operating at the intersection of art, research, archiving, documentation, and education. It provides access to Africa’s literary and intellectual heritage through inclusive,...
LUDI is a catalyst for human(e)-centred, inclusive, liveable, and sustainable urban development across African cities. We mobilise people, knowledge, and systems through advocacy, experimentation, and cross-sector collaboration to strengthen...
The Morning Star Research Center for the Afterlife of Slavery (MSRCAS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in California dedicated to the collection, study, and presentation of materials that engage with the ongoing legacies of Atlantic...
Founded in 2020, MOWAA is dedicated to the preservation of heritage, expansion of knowledge and celebration of West African arts and culture. MOWAA's mission centers on documenting, safeguarding, and activating cultural memory through an...
OH Institute emerged from a simple reality: over the years, OH Gallery’s work has consistently exceeded the gallery format. Presenting artworks was never the end goal—our practice has also been about producing knowledge, building...
The Women’s History Museum of Zambia is a feminist and decolonial museum initiative practicing rematriation as way of restoring, documenting, and activating women-led indigenous knowledge systems, material culture, and historical narratives...
VAVY Media is a digital media platform created under the umbrella of VAVY, a cultural platform and creative studio based in Madagascar. VAVY Media is dedicated to making visible, preserving, and sharing the work, voices, and cultural knowledge of...
African Style Archive (ASA) is a research platform and visual repository dedicated to documenting and preserving African fashion history. By collecting photographs, rare books, and ephemera, ASA connects historic and contemporary narratives of...
The Afrosonic Innovation Lab is a team of artists, creatives, and scholars actively engaged in the making of music, sound experimentation, and musicological analysis. We actively seek and cultivate projects globally which involve research...
The Baldwin Institute is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing literacy, creativity, and critical thinking among young people across New York City. Inspired by the life and legacy of James Baldwin, we create educational third...
The Recovery Plan brings to the AAL Lab Affiliates Network a distinctive model of cultural infrastructure rooted in convening, research activation, and Afro-diasporic knowledge exchange. Based in Florence, the organisation has developed a dynamic...
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