INTENTION

A space of (un)learning, creating, and testing other and othered possibilities and potentialities in and of activism.

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Ka’mara

  • An Archival Project

    Ka’mara (to hold, for safekeeping in Bambara),  Djolifon’s archiving initiative is a project designed to weave and celebrate the artistic and political contributions of African womxn and gender-expansive individuals. This initiative integrates the engaging medium of podcasting with multi-visual projects, creating a dynamic and accessible archive. Ka’mara seeks to (re)visit and honor the seemingly insignificant, recognizing the diverse political and artistic endeavors of African womxn and gender-expansive artists and activists, both within the African continent and across the global diaspora.

    KAN-TIGUI

    (Owning one’s voice) 

    Is a podcast that celebrates the beauty and power of dialogues and human connections. Through intimate and insightful conversations, Kan-Tigui brings together a multitude of voices to discuss the complex challenges defining our contemporary world, while simultaneously shining a spotlight on the vibrant and ever-evolving landscape of African womxn’ creative endeavors. The podcast serves as a  hub for fostering connection, and encouraging contemplative reflection on these crucial themes.

    HAKILI

    (Memory or to have consideration for)

    HAKILI is a curated series of online exhibitions. These projects are curated to invite dialogues and widen our understanding of the richness and diversity inherent in the artistic expressions of African womxn and gender-expansive creators. These virtual exhibitions provide a unique space for showcasing othered narratives and artistic explorations.

A group of children and a woman stand in front of a textured background with a large moon and abstract patterns. The children are looking at the camera, with one child on a bicycle and another wearing a headscarf, and the woman is partially visible.

Koso

  • A pop-up-traveling space, Koso invites womxn artists, independent feminist activists, and non-conventional groups in French-speaking Africa to slow down and make dangerous choices—of (un)learning to live, create, lead, play, organize—outside the convenience of business-as-usual in the wilds of uncertainty, limitation, and possibility (including the possibility of failing).

    Koso, the heart of our experiments, is a space of (un)learning, creating, and testing other possibilities and potentialities in and of activism. This offering takes the form of:

    • A three-weeks activist’s residential program that invites and supports independent young feminist activists to dig deeper into their investigation of what else is possible today and their articulations of how we might participate in bringing that what-else into being.

    • A one-to-two month artist-in-residence program that provides womxn artists with a space and opportunity to live, slow down, reflect, research, and create outside their usual environments.

    • A yearly retreat space in which to decelerate, rest, and make ourselves available to our own inner work and attend to our understanding of ourselves within the context of the collective and a dying ecology.

Close-up black and white photograph of dried plant seed pods and tangled stems.

Kisɛw

  • Through Kisɛw, we mobilize and provide fund in support of the creativities, political imaginaries, and work of womxn artists, independent feminist activists, and non-conventional groups forging other modes of engagement and responses to emerging and ongoing issues. Kisɛw primarily supports artists and activists whose pioneering work does not neatly fit into the criteria of mainstream funding institutions either because they are deemed too insignificant and/or risky to fund.

And, to mobilize fund to support artists and activists whose pioneering work does not neatly fit into the criteria of mainstream funding institutions