Creative Arts at ALA
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Students explore identity through the Creative Arts course at ALA
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.
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Entrepreneur and Designer David Lewis '15 Partners with Bremen Fashion House
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...
Motswana photographer Towela Tembo ’19 uses multimedia to cross creative borders
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...
ALA Alumni Female Vocalist Group, Malkia the Band Performs at UN...
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...
Filmmaker and Comedian Najmeddine Harrabi’s Journey into the Creative Arts Industry
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 Uses Art and Technology to Explore...
Uzoma Chidumaga Orji '12 is a visual artist and creative technologist who, while solidly defining the themes he explores in his creative and technological...
Ny Ony Razafindratandra '11 – Telling African Stories through Music
"I feel like music is a tool for me to make positive change on the continent. The highlight of my musical journey was the...
Rima Tahini '10 – Developing Africa's Next Music Stars
"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...
#WhatMovesYou? Inspiring Change and Staying Connected through Visual Arts
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...
Maxwell Simba '19: From Nairobi to Johannesburg via Hollywood
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: Student Leader, Entrepreneur, and Self-Published Poet
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...
From all-rounder to Filmmaker: How Daniel Semphere's Entrepreneurial Journey Developed at...
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:...
New African Voices: ALA's Alumni Storytellers
“A story does many things. It entertains, it informs, it instructs.” – Chinua Achebe
Leadership comes in many forms – and nowhere is this clearer than...
