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NKATA with Jihan El-Tahri
Episode 3 of Nkata is in the making. For now, here is a video-excerpt of the podcast. In this episode, Emeka Okereke is in conversation with Jihan El-Tahri, an...
NKATA with Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
For the second episode of NKATA, Emeka Okereke is in conversation with Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung – a curator and art critic based in Berlin but working in a...
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Nkata Episode 4 with Otobong Nkanga: Video Excerpt
Episode 04 of Nkata features 117 mins conversation between Emeka Okereke (host) and the visual/performance artist Otobong Nkanga. Here...
NKATA with Jihan El-Tahri
Episode 3 of Nkata is in the making. For now, here is a video-excerpt of the podcast. In this...
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Reflections on Akinbode’s ‘Wanderings’ by Sheriff Tahiru
I write down these thoughts as a continuation of reflections triggered by a podcast conversation between Emeka Okereke and...
EP12: “We are workers of the Spirit”. Nkata with Koyo Kouoh
Koyo Kouoh (b. 1967) is a Cameroonian-born curator. She is a leading figure in the Contemporary art world. More specifically, she is one of the pioneers who helped shape and articulate contemporary art practices from the African continent...
EP11: “We were brought up to strive for Eloquence”. Nkata with Olu Oguibe
Olu Oguibe (b.1964) is a Nigerian-born American artist and academic. His work constitutes a pillar of what we now know as Contemporary African art and post-colonial studies. In conversation with Emeka Okereke, Oguibe relives childhood memories while weaving...
EP15: Finding Home in the Body Through Dance and Ballet – with Diana Mora
In this Episode, Emeka Okereke is in conversation with Diana Mora – a Bolivian ballet dancer living and working in Berlin. They discuss her journeys of finding agency and making her body a home through the rigorous and...
EP14: Being Palestinian, a Life of Permanent Temporality – with Bahaa Abudaya
Since 1948, Israel and Palestine have been embroiled in what is famously known today as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet to have a better foothold for genuine comprehension of the situation, it is crucial to note that the so-called...
EP10: We are trying to remember the future and rewrite the past. Nkata with Qudus Onikeku
In episode 10 of Nkata: Art & Processes, Emeka Okereke is in Conversation with Qudus Onikeku (b. 1984, Lagos), a Nigerian contemporary dancer, performer and Choreographer. He has been active and consistently prolific since 2004, so much that...