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We've got some exciting things coming up in 2025, check back soon for updates on this year's SEE MY WORLD festival programme.
Present
SEE MY WORLD: Manchester, Lagos & ME
A SEE MY WORLD FILM BY PAPA QUAYE / AYOKUNLE ODUNSI /JOSHUA INYANG / DEBORAH JOHNSON.
A cinematic-exhibition exploring cultural and political conditions for artists in Lagos and Manchester. The illuminating film documents makers, thinkers and doers as they create, interpret and evolve their crafts.
It journeys through a globe-trotting incubation experience for four artists, handpicked by Manchester’s art and culture organisations Big People Music (BPM) and Big People Community CIC (BPC) and The Book Buzz Foundation (BBF).
The subjects of and behind the camera; music producer and visual artist Joshua Inyang of Space Afrika, multi-disciplinary artist Papa Nii Akushey Quaye aka Renzniro from Manchester, poet and performance artist Deborah Johnson, as well as Musician and film-maker, Ayokunle Odunsi from Lagos. Showcasing their experiences over the course of a year, and their processes as they write, shoot, edit and score the film themselves.
At its heart, the centring of ideas from artists of the African diaspora, and a unique depiction of the beauty of two oddly connected cities. As much a memoir of the residency experience itself, as an education into the minds and creativity of Pan-African artists who make these cities pop.
BIG PEOPLE MUSIC & Big People Community present in association with Book Buzz Foundation and Funded by the British Council.
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Get involved
Calling all people with skills to share and skills to learn. SEE MY WORLD is looking for volunteers to work with us on a number of upcoming events. If you're a creative, maker, thinker or doer and are looking to gain experience in Event Management, Art Productions, Workshop Facilitation, Creative Marketing and more, this is for you.
To apply, please email us at with your interest at ekabo@bigpeoplemusic.co.uk
