Space is the place griot series

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

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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

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All Jamaicans

HOSTS AND VENUES Community Space

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Non-Governmental Organizations 

Business Places 

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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

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Para-sites cannot be defined, Woo, Yun Jin. (Ed.) ‘Para-‘: An Anthology on Art and Parasitism. Para-Sites 2014 Distributed Exhibition Project, 2014.

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Creative illiteracy? How schools are making students illiterate, School of Education Literacy Symposium, University of the West Indies, Mona, Feb 21, 2013

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Mutabaruka, the I-con, Rastafari Studies Conference, University of the West Indies, Mona, August 2010

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Giving Up on Love, Love as Revolutionary Practice, Q-zine, 10th issue, a coedition with OurSpaceIsLove, January 2015

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The Role of DJ, International Reggae Day, University of the West Indies, June 2010

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Who is ‘The Reggae Revival’for?, International Reggae Conference, University of the West Indies, Mona, February 2015

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Rastafari, Reggae Artists and Models of Social Leadership, International Reggae Conference, University of the West Indies, Mona, February 2015

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What Silences Does Our Art Speak, National Gallery of Jamaica, August 2013

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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

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DJ Play Something Else, Bookophilia, 2010

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Jah 9, the important fruit of an idea, ‘Reggae Talks’, The Department of Literatures in English, University of the West Indies, Mona March 2013

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Guest Speaker, Book Launch, Global Reggae edited by Carolyn Cooper, February 2013

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Binary Solved, New Local Space Kingston

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Canopy Guild, New Local Space Kingston,

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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