They are part of a group of thirty-one public intellectuals from seven cities in the Global South, who will serve as Open Society Fellows in 2025-26.
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The fellows were drawn from cities that are home to a dynamic circle of thinkers and cultural producers engaged in high-level critical debate. The cities are Beirut, Buenos Aires, Colombo, Dar es Salaam, Jakarta, Lagos, and Taipei. Fellows were selected by a distinguished panel of external reviewers for their heterodoxy and openness to new approaches and vigorous debate, ensuring that Open Society remains true to a vision of restless critical thought. Fellows each receive a grant of $120,000. They meet several times in person and join a network of colleagues committed to collaboration, debate, shared learning, and social impact.
His research examines how the economic and political transition at the end of the 20th century remapped the ideological spectrum in Nigeria. His wider work is animated by an interest in examining how elite and popular political ideas about capitalism and democracy intersect to shape the practices of organising, coercion, and governance in contemporary Africa.
Her curatorial work focuses primarily on concerns of culture and identity, embodying a contemporary perspective of urbanism in the global South. She co-curated the second Lagos Biennial and the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial. She will participate in the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale with her project: “An Alternative Urbanism: Self-organising Lagos Markets.”
His current project explores the aesthetics of Edo State, Nigeria’s commemorative sites, unveiling the significance of traditional inscriptions and the link between culture and nature in African indigenous systems.
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