Experiments in Imagining Otherwise: In conversation with Lola Olufemi

Join writer and researcher Lola Olufemi and Titilayo Farukuoye in conversation as they explore imagination as a strategy for change. Grounded in black feminist scholarship and political organising, Lola’s latest book, Experiments in Imagining Otherwise, oscillates between prose and poetry to deliver a series of playful provocations, that tempt and challenge us to think, act and relate anew. Expect readings, conversation and reflections around the importance of collective autonomy, the role of the artist in building new worlds and inventing the future with now. Your voice is welcome too, and you will be invited, during a Q&A, to share your thoughts and questions.

About Lola

Lola Olufemi is a black feminist writer and Stuart Hall foundation researcher from London based in the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media at the University of Westminster. Her work focuses on the uses of the feminist imagination and its relationship to cultural production, political demands and futurity. She is author of Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power (Pluto Press, 2020), Experiments in Imagining Otherwise (Hajar Press, 2021) and a member of 'bare minimum', an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective.

About Titilayo

Titilayo Farukuoye is an Austrian-Nigerian writer, organiser and anti-racist educator based in Glasgow. Titilayo co-directs the Scottish BPOC Writers Network and organises with Yon Afro and the Anti-racist Educator Collective. Striving to dismantle oppressive structures, Titilayo interrogates race and gender constructs through their work and explores climate justice and community care. Titilayo curated Our (In)visible Strengths (2018), a visual exhibition celebrating Scottish African and Afro-Caribbean communities, their poetry featured at Fringe of Colour Films among others. Titilayo has also been recognised for their journalistic work (Media4Change, 2019 and Future News Worldwide, 2019).

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