{"id":187495,"date":"2022-03-14T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=187495"},"modified":"2022-03-14T08:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T12:00:47","slug":"africa-no-filter-and-meta-announce-the-winners-of-the-future-africa-grant-for-extended-reality-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/africa-no-filter-and-meta-announce-the-winners-of-the-future-africa-grant-for-extended-reality-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa No Filter and Meta Announce The Winners of the Future Africa Grant for Extended Reality Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>As part of the \u2018Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds\u2019 programme, each creator will be supported with funding of up to $30,000 and also participate in XR-industry events<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa No Filter\u00a0and Meta (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/196853\/http:%7D%7Dwww.Facebook.com\/website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook.com<\/a>)\u00a0are excited to announce today the six finalists of the\u00a0<em>\u2018Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds\u2019<\/em>\u00a0programme &#8211; focused on harnessing and investing in the next generation of Extended Reality (XR) creators in Africa. The winners, selected from Mozambique, South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Cameroon, and Kenya, will incorporate the creative uses of music, multimedia installations, films and sculpture to explore projects around spirituality, heritage, the cosmos, imagination and memory and masculinity into their extended realities projects &#8211; all with a focus on telling compelling African stories that are contemporary, narrative-shifting, and immersive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"187500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/196853-2.png?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187500\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"187501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/196853-3.png?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187501\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The six participating storytellers are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pierre-Christophe Gam, Cameroon:<\/strong>\u00a0A multimedia artist who is working on a hybrid art installation that fuses VR, film, photography, and mixed-media sculpture to imagine the future of Africa from the perspective of an African family living in 2070.<\/li><li><strong>Xabiso Vili, South Africa:<\/strong>\u00a0A writer, performer and new media artist, Vili\u2019s visual album is a speculative fiction piece that explores reconciliation and healing. Vili hopes to turn toxic masculinity into compassionate masculinity.<\/li><li><strong>Nirma Madhoo, Mauritius:<\/strong>\u00a0A fashion filmmaker, XR creator and Ph.D. candidate, her work explores African cultures as technologies, which she illustrates through ancient practices like cultural astronomy.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Michelle Angawa, Kenya:<\/strong>\u00a0A film editor XR creator, this creation centres around a short tragicomedy that depicts a day-in-the-life of a Nairobian boda boda rider, exploring desire and the complexities of Nairobian life.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Malik Afegbua, Nigeria:<\/strong>\u00a0A multimedia artist who is focused on curating a virtual heritage experience of the Kofar-Mata dye pit, a cultural and historical site in Kano, Nigeria.<\/li><li><strong>Lara Sousa, Mozambique:<\/strong>\u00a0A director and producer, this creation uses the journey of Lemanj\u00e1, the Afro-Brazilian goddess of wisdom, to explore the ocean as a sacred site of spirituality.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"187501\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/196853-3.png?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187501\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"187502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/196853-4.png?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187502\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the \u2018<em>Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds\u2019 programme,&nbsp;<\/em>each creator will be supported with funding of up to $30,000 and also participate in XR-industry events to improve their creativity and drive interest in their projects. They will also access mentorship from Electric South and Imisi3D.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica Hagan, Arts and Culture Program Lead at ANF, said, \u201cIt\u2019s reassuring to see the amount of incredible XR talent on the African continent. The creativity and innovation we encountered in the selection process has been very exciting. It shows that Africa is also on the pulse of global innovation and tech trends that are redefining how stories are told and experienced. XR content creation is costly, but African creators are not falling behind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"187503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/196853-5.png?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187503\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"187504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/196853-6.png?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187504\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sherry Dzinoreva, Meta\u2019s Public Policy Programs Director, Africa, Middle East, and Turkey, said: \u201cThis specially curated program is an opportunity to support African storytellers who are leveraging the power of the next evolution of social technology, whilst also shining a spotlight on the amazing, creative, and diverse talent pool we have here on the continent . We understand the power of Extended Reality and how it can be used to tell stories that shift narratives about and within the continent &#8211; and we\u2019re excited to see these visions come to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By APO Group on behalf of Meta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Meta:<\/strong><br \/>Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Africa No Filter:<\/strong><br \/>We\u2019re a donor-collaborative shifting stereotypical and harmful narratives within and about Africa through research, grant-making, community building and advocacy by supporting storytellers, investing in media platforms and driving disruption campaigns. Our funders are Ford Foundation, Bloomberg, Andrew W. 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