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Arts & Culture School Africa + TruNORTH

Join Our Creative Skills & Professional Development Program.

Build Your Creative Career.
Launch Your Creative Business.

Practical Training, Mentorship, Industry Exposure and Real Commercial Opportunities For The Next Generation of African Creatives

Preparing Creatives For The Future Of Africa's Creative Economy

At ARTS & CULTURE SCHOOL AFRICA we develop creatives to become skilled practitioners, professionals and creative entrepreneurs: connecting learning to real projects, industry networks and commercial opportunities.
 
ARTS & CULTURE SCHOOL AFRICA is the official Talent Development Partner of TruNorth, connecting the School's learning and development programmes to TruNorth's wider creative ecosystem and opportunities.

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OUR PIPELINE

A Complete Journey From Novice to Practitioner.

WHAT YOU'LL GET

REAL SKILLS, REAL PROJECTS, REAL OPPORTUNITIES.

OUR PROGRAMMES

PRACTICAL, INDUSTRY-RELEVANT PROGRAMMES.

HOW YOU'LL LEARN

A PRACTICAL AND ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

WHO THIS IS FOR

A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF CREATIVES AND CHANGE-MAKERS.

OUR FACULTY

LEARN FROM RESPECTED VOICES IN CULTURE AND INDUSTRY.

Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi
Mr. Efe Omorogbe

Our faculty will include leading artists, scholars, practitioners, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from Nigeria, Africa and the diaspora.

Faculty of Cultural Arts & Literature
Lead: Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi. FNM, NMON, D.Litt.
 
Scholar, Playwright, Author & Cultural Intellectual

An eminent Nigerian scholar and creative thinker with more than five decades of engagement with literature, theatre and cultural expression, Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi is a former Professor of English and Dramatic Literature at the University of Ilorin and a recipient of the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM).

His distinguished career spans literature, theatre, poetry, scholarship and cultural leadership, with extensive experience as a playwright, novelist, poet, critic and translator, alongside leadership of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, the Association of Nigerian Authors and the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.

Faculty of Contemporary Arts & Commercialization
Lead: Mr. Efe Omorogbe
 
Music Executive, Talent Developer, Creative Entrepreneur & Industry Strategist
 
A pioneering Nigerian creative-industry practitioner with more than three decades of engagement with music and popular culture, Efe Omorogbe is the Founder of Now Muzik, Co-Founder of Hypertek Digital/960 Music Group, and Founder of Buckwyld Media Network.

His career spans talent management, music, film and television production, live events, creative consulting and intellectual-property advocacy, with extensive experience developing artists, building creative enterprises and taking African creative work to audiences and markets.

Arts & Culture School Africa + TruNORTH

GET STARTED

DEVELOP YOUR CRAFT. BUILD YOUR NETWORK. ACCESS THE KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO TURN YOUR CREATIVITY INTO A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS.

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TruNORTH

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Build Your Creative Career.
Launch Your Creative Business.

Join Our Creative Skills & Professional Development Program.

Arts & Culture School Africa + TruNORTH

Practical Training, Mentorship, Industry Exposure and Real Commercial Opportunities For The Next Generation of African Creatives

Preparing Creatives For The Future Of Africa's Creative Economy

At ARTS & CULTURE SCHOOL AFRICA we develop creatives to become skilled practitioners, professionals and creative entrepreneurs: connecting learning to real projects, industry networks and commercial opportunities.
 
ARTS & CULTURE SCHOOL AFRICA is the official Talent Development Partner of TruNorth, connecting the School's learning and development programmes to TruNorth's wider creative ecosystem and opportunities.

A photographer at work

OUR PIPELINE

A Complete Journey From Novice to Practitioner.

WHAT YOU'LL GET

REAL SKILLS, REAL PROJECTS, REAL OPPORTUNITIES.

OUR PROGRAMMES

PRACTICAL, INDUSTRY-RELEVANT PROGRAMMES.

HOW YOU'LL LEARN

A PRACTICAL AND ENGAGING LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

WHO THIS IS FOR

A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF CREATIVES AND CHANGE-MAKERS.

OUR FACULTY

LEARN FROM RESPECTED VOICES IN CULTURE AND INDUSTRY.

Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi
Mr. Efe Omorogbe

Our faculty will include leading artists, scholars, practitioners, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from Nigeria, Africa and the diaspora.

Faculty of Cultural Arts & Literature
Lead: Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi. FNM, NMON, D.Litt.
 
Scholar, Playwright, Author & Cultural Intellectual

An eminent Nigerian scholar and creative thinker with more than five decades of engagement with literature, theatre and cultural expression, Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi is a former Professor of English and Dramatic Literature at the University of Ilorin and a recipient of the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM).

His distinguished career spans literature, theatre, poetry, scholarship and cultural leadership, with extensive experience as a playwright, novelist, poet, critic and translator, alongside leadership of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, the Association of Nigerian Authors and the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.

Faculty of Contemporary Arts & Commercialization
Lead: Mr. Efe Omorogbe
 
Music Executive, Talent Developer, Creative Entrepreneur & Industry Strategist
 
A pioneering Nigerian creative-industry practitioner with more than three decades of engagement with music and popular culture, Efe Omorogbe is the Founder of Now Muzik, Co-Founder of Hypertek Digital/960 Music Group, and Founder of Buckwyld Media Network.

His career spans talent management, music, film and television production, live events, creative consulting and intellectual-property advocacy, with extensive experience developing artists, building creative enterprises and taking African creative work to audiences and markets.

TruNORTH

+

Arts & Culture School Africa

GET STARTED

DEVELOP YOUR CRAFT. BUILD YOUR NETWORK. ACCESS THE KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO TURN YOUR CREATIVITY INTO A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS.

DEVELOP YOUR CRAFT. BUILD YOUR NETWORK. ACCESS THE KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO TURN YOUR CREATIVITY INTO A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS.

GET STARTED

Arts & Culture School Africa + TruNORTH