Creative Arts at ALA

What is the closest thing we have to magic? For first-year ALA student Mufalo Mufalo, his response is simple: we have art. Mufalo Mufalo is...

Dr. Sarah Kgagudi, Director of Creative Arts and Events at ALA shares how the Creative Arts course at ALA provides an introspective platform for students to examine identity through different mediums.  About...

Nigerian fashion designer David Lewis ’15 is the founder of Lewini, a design-thinking clothing company reinventing the use of colors in everyday unisex clothing. After...

When second-year ALA student Towela Chawezi Tembo (also known as Towela Kams) from Botswana picked up a camera for the very first time in...

The African Leadership Academy (ALA) student body consists of multi-talented future leaders who come together to exchange ideas and creativity through various cultural and...

Najmeddine Harrabi ‘13 speaks often about how his upbringing as a shepherd boy in Tunisia has led him to Los Angeles where he is...

Uzoma Chidumaga Orji '12 is a visual artist and creative technologist who, while solidly defining the themes he explores in his creative and technological...

"I feel like music is a tool for me to make positive change on the continent. The highlight of my musical journey was the...

"For me, it's beyond being in entertainment; it is about building one of the leading industries in Africa today. I hope to see the...

The world as we know it has changed. As communities around the world grapple with a ‘new normal’ brought about by the devastating COVID-19...

Growing up in small agricultural town called Kitali in northern Rift Valley, Kenya, Maxwell Simba discovered from a young age that that he had...

Khauhelo 'Mile '18 is Chairlady of the ALA Student Government, the leader of multiple student enterprises, and most recently, the author of a self-published...

Ask any alum, and they’ll tell you that ALA changes you – in ways you could not have imagined. Oh, sure. There’s the obvious:...