GetLit Africa, a continent-wide platform designed to showcase international alternatives for artists of African descent, has been unveiled.
Artistic Director of Initiative, Olawale Oluwadahunsi, mentioned at a media briefing that he pioneered the platform within the African artwork area, drawing on his expertise as a author, journalist and artwork critic earlier than relocating to Atlanta, Georgia, in america.
He mentioned: “The choice to launch this comes from my private expertise. As a journalist on the Nationwide Mirror newspaper, I at all times appeared for alternatives within the arts as a result of I noticed that so many individuals didn't find out about it. With such choices, I may journey to South Africa as a movie critic on an all-expenses paid Durban Movie Pageant journey. On the time, these have been the rewards for my weekly articles as a movie and artwork critic within the newspaper.
“So there are completely different potentialities within the subject of writing, pictures, poetry, visible arts and music. That's what impressed GetLit Africa. It’s a complete alternative platform, geared toward Africans within the arts who’re in search of larger alternatives obtainable globally.”
Oluwadahunsi defined that GetLit Africa will run each a non-profit group and a enterprise. Operations would increase over time to permit for paid subscriptions to sources and knowledge.
“GetLit is structured to evolve into different providers. Along with demonstrating the completely different potentialities within the arts, we additionally hope to supply the mandatory coaching on methods to apply for sure grants within the artwork world worldwide. What many don't know is that individuals nonetheless journey to the US on absolutely paid scholarships. Nonetheless, you want the best hyperlink and knowledge to understand how all that is processed. GetLit will use such providers,” he mentioned.
The platform has been launched in English, French, Arabic, German, Spanish and Chinese language to make it accessible to extra Africans.
Oluwadahunsi, a biochemist who runs the platform with 5 different Nigerians, began writing poetry as a youngster and has steadily elevated his ardour. He’s the mastermind behind 'Poetic Mines' and 'Fingerprints' and curator of charity pictures exhibitions and spoken phrase competitions. In 2015 he participated within the Durban Movie Pageant as a movie critic. He was a 2020 delegate to the United Nations Summer time Youth Meeting in New York.
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