Est. Abuja · A Centre for Creatives
A home for
expression,
rooted in
craft.
Kabiesi Ademola Centre is a house of makers — filmmakers, writers, technologists and image-workers building a new archive of African imagination, in frames, in colors, in notes, in code.
§ 01 — Manifesto
A place for the ones who make.
Kabiesi Ademola Centre was built on a single conviction — that expression, in every medium, deserves a room of its own. A room with light, with quiet, with company.
We gather filmmakers, writers, engineers, painters and technologists under one roof and give them time. Time to think, to fail loudly, to revise, to publish, to press play.
Rooted. Creative. Unapologetic. African.
§ 02 — Disciplines
Five houses,
one centre.
Each discipline runs its own studio, cohort and public programme — all sharing the same courtyard.
Media→
Photography, sound and moving image — a studio for image-makers shaping how stories are seen and heard.
AI & ICT→
Machines and code as material — generative craft, software, systems and infrastructure for creators, from prototype to production.
Startups & Businesses→
An incubator for creative ventures — company-building, strategy and capital-readiness for founders making things that last.
Content→
Writers, editors and thinkers building publications, essays and stories with weight and voice.
Film→
A residency for filmmakers — narrative, documentary and experimental cinema made with intent.
§ 03 — Residency
A season of
uninterrupted
making.
Twelve fellows. Six months. A studio, a stipend, and a public showing at the end. Applications for the 2026 cohort open in the harmattan.
Register interest →§ 04 — This Season
Currently at the Centre.
- ScreeningsFridays
Harmattan Reels→
A weekly cinema of West African shorts, curated by the film residents.
- WorkshopMar 04
Ink & Algorithm→
A four-week studio on writing with, against and around AI systems.
- PublicationOut now
Volume I: The Archive→
Our inaugural print journal, gathering essays, photographs and code.
- PublicLast Sun
Open Studios→
Doors open. Meet the fellows in their studios and hear works in progress.
§ 05 — Partners
In good company.
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