LDB Sessions
Cultural Resilience Through Storytelling
Back to previous page 26 Jun 2025 17:30 - 19:00 Somerset House Screening Room
Across the Global South, historic cultural trajectories have been interrupted by processes of colonialism and the imposition of neoliberal development. With a focus on the African continent, this talk discusses how design – locally and globally – can be used to strengthen narratives that have been broken or undermined and to bring to the surface richer and more complete stories.
Speakers include:
Myles Igwebuike
Designer and Curator of the Nigeria Pavilion
Danielle Alakija
Lead Artist and Curator of the Global South pavilion.
The talk will be chaired by:
Nana Biamah-Ofosu
Architect, writer and academic whose major projects include curating the V&A exhibition Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence