S1E2 – Building inclusive cultural institutions | Uzodinma Iweala

“When you have people creating or generating in silos, you get a lot of the foolishness that we see happening right now. You get policy prescriptions that are completely lacking in their creativity because they can't imagine the future of the continent, and Africa suffers from this a lot” said Uzodinma Iweala, eclectic creative, award-winning writer, filmmaker, medical doctor, and - above all - CEO of The Africa Center in New York, where he created an inclusive and diverse cultural space that puts Africa and its diaspora on the cultural map in the heart of the city. Listen to the stories he shares with us through his three keywords.
KEYWORDS: Political – Empathetic - Power conscious.
WEBSITE: www.theafricacenter.org