A series of Public Lectures, Talks and Reasonings created by AFIFA BADILIKO NZINGA AZA PhD Co-founder and Creative director of the SO((U))L HQ and Di Institute for Social Leadership 2015
National issues Community issues Social leadership Social Responsibility Future of Jamaica
SPACE IS THE PLACE.
A series of Public Lectures conversations and reasonings at different venues across Jamaica
An opportunity to connect with individuals and organizations doing interesting work
An opportunity to create exchange between youths and adults of different communities doing positive and creative things in their community
THE SETUP/FORMAT
45 min Talk
Film Screening and Talk
Conversation through art and drama
Audio-Visual Presentation +talk
WHO WILL WE TALK TO
All Age groups
All Jamaicans
HOSTS AND VENUES Community Space
Non-Governmental Organizations
Business Places
Universities
Suitable Social Venues
AFIFA BADILIKO NZINGA AZA PhD I grew up in Spanish Town, St.Catherine, Jamaica. I attended St.Jago High School and later went to the University of the West Indies to complete a B.Sc in International Relations, an M.Sc in Governance and a PhD in Sustainable Development. I have always admired the critical view my father took towards everyday things and everyday conversation, he was very critical and wise even with his primary school education. I was significantly impacted by the creativity of my mother who was a teacher and her love for books and learning. I live as an artist and a creative grounded in a Rastafarian/African spirituality. Music is my art and I make spaces inspired by music. I am co-founder and creative director for two spaces, SO((U))L HQ and Di Institute for Social Leadership. The Hq is a creative experiment in the development of alternative community spaces that promote discovery and exploration of music, art, culture, social justice, equality and self-reliance. Di Institute for Social Leadership is also a creative experiment in education/learning, leadership and community building.
AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PHILANTHROPY | FUNDRAISING | NGO SECTOR | RESEARCH| TEACHING| SOCIAL JUSTICE | ART | MUSIC| OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES | ICT4D| ADULT EDUCATION | YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND ART INSTALLATIONS
HEADTOP: a 1 minute read on female power and hair. SOUL CULTURE BOOKS 2010
Para-sites cannot be defined, Woo, Yun Jin. (Ed.) ‘Para-‘: An Anthology on Art and Parasitism. Para-Sites 2014 Distributed Exhibition Project, 2014.
Creative illiteracy? How schools are making students illiterate, School of Education Literacy Symposium, University of the West Indies, Mona, Feb 21, 2013
Mutabaruka, the I-con, Rastafari Studies Conference, University of the West Indies, Mona, August 2010
Giving Up on Love, Love as Revolutionary Practice, Q-zine, 10th issue, a coedition with OurSpaceIsLove, January 2015
The Role of DJ, International Reggae Day, University of the West Indies, June 2010
Who is ‘The Reggae Revival’for?, International Reggae Conference, University of the West Indies, Mona, February 2015
Rastafari, Reggae Artists and Models of Social Leadership, International Reggae Conference, University of the West Indies, Mona, February 2015
What Silences Does Our Art Speak, National Gallery of Jamaica, August 2013
Bunny a leak u a leak enuh- Women's football in Jamaica, Academic Conference on International Football: Ideology, Culture, Politics and Everyday Life, April 2014
DJ Play Something Else, Bookophilia, 2010
Jah 9, the important fruit of an idea, ‘Reggae Talks’, The Department of Literatures in English, University of the West Indies, Mona March 2013
Guest Speaker, Book Launch, Global Reggae edited by Carolyn Cooper, February 2013
Binary Solved, New Local Space Kingston
Canopy Guild, New Local Space Kingston,
Footage, SO((U))L HQ What Silences Does Our Art Speak, National Gallery of Jamaica, August 2013
PRESS|INTERVIEWS| FEATURES 48 hour residency rodell warner + dj afifa: "binary solved" http://www.nlskingston.org/Binary_Solved.html http://www.susumba.com/art-design/reviews/binary-solved-word-sound-artinstallation http://www.guardian.co.tt/arts/2013-02-16/local-artist-shows-binary-solvedkingston
DJ Afifa to Play at the National Gallery
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130823/ent/ent5.html
Guest Speaker Global Reggae Book Launch Kingston Jamaica http://www.susumba.com/books/news/global-reggae-launched
Presentation Rastafari Studies Conference Panel on Mutabaruka http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100827/ent/ent4.html
Presentation International Reggae Day http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Stop-reminiscing-aboutreggae_7770957
Introduction Dj Spooky presentation at Roktowa Downtown, Kingston http://www.susumba.com/music/reviews/cultural-notes-dj-spooky-roktowa
Interviews Dj Afifa Artist and academic http://www.susumba.com/music/interviews/dj-artist-academic-afifa-aza
Afifa Aza: There’s More to Life Than Just Getting By https://petchary.wordpress.com/2014/07/page/4/
Activism http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/DJ-Afifa-s-on-justice-mission-forVanessa-Kirkland_11411430
LAUNCH OF SPACE IS THE PLACE GRIOT SERIES
CLARENDON YOUTH INFORMATION CENTRE JULY 2015
Contact Shop 4 Marescaux Plaza Marescaux Road Kingston 6 Tel:799-0102 Email: djafifa@gmail.com