Insurgent Voices
Artists and thinkers forging a new African cultural lexicon.
Dika Ofoma
Writer & Filmmaker
Dika OFOMA (Nigeria) is a writer, culture journalist and filmmaker. His short films have been screened at the Kurzfilmtage International Film Festival, S16 Film Festival, Lagos Biennial, Protocinema and IFFR 2025. His culture writing covers African cinema, with a special focus on Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry.
Dani Kouyaté
Filmmaker & Griot
Dani Kouyaté is descended from a family of practising griots. He is a storyteller, musician, and director of theatre and film. He teaches in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Uppsala University and in the School of Cinema and Theatre at Wiks Folkhögskola in Uppsala, Sweden.
Rea Mmethi
Orator & Poet
Rea Mmethi is an orator and poet with accolades at Poetry Africa, Slam City, and the Next Generation Slam. In debating, she was the top-averaged speaker and finalist at the 2025 Pan-African Universities Debate Championships and the 2025 champion of Cape Town Open and Free State IV.
UFS Debate Society
Debate & Literary Society
The UFS Debate Society was established in 2005 as a literary society, and has participated in intervarsity and national debate tournaments since then. Over the next century, UFS Debate Society has played an often overlooked but critical role in the academic culture at the university. It has also served as an intellectual sharpening block for some of the campus’ most influential and brightest leaders.
SUDU Academy
Film Distribution Training
Since 2025, Sudu Connexion has been self-funded training sessions dedicated to film distribution in theatres across Africa: the Sudu Academy. The program aims to strengthen local and entrepreneurial skills while promoting pan-African cooperation in favour of auteur films, which sorely lack commercial opportunities on the continent.