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FLIA launches its Creative in Residence programme

It’s obviously an incredible honour to get this appointment and to be part of the LSE community. There is no better time to be co-creating with the faculty and community across the schools to enrich and enable Africa’s creatives and Africa’s sparkling creative economy that is set to take over the world.

FLIA has launched a new Creative in Residence Program (CiR) and is delighted to announce that Chude Jideonwo is the first post-holder, and has since expanded the cohort to include Dr Tunde Alabi-Hundeyin II, Ama Ofeibea Tetteh, and Ian Mangenga.

Through this program, FLIA will empower creative individuals to connect with the latest academic research to help drive change through their creative outputs.

The CiR Programme will bring creatives with a track record of innovation and leadership to LSE. The Creative in Residence will play a pivotal role in facilitating research, organising events, and driving FLIA’s engagement with the creative economy in Africa.

Each CiR will be invited to affiliate with the Institute for a one-year renewable term.

The primary responsibilities of CiRs will be as follows:

  • Inspire, engage, and facilitate access to development opportunities in creative industries for the PfAL students and alumni network.
  • Support and advance the work of the Institute in the creative economy, notably in film, media, and culture.
  • Support the FLIA in securing funds for major events, notably the biannual LSE Africa Forum and the annual Ubuntu Café.

Chude Jideonwo | Creative in Residence (First CiR)

Chude Jideonwo is a renowned media entrepreneur and co-founder of RED For Africa. As Creative in Residence, Chude will leverage his extensive expertise and creativity to inspire and engage with PfAL and support the Ubuntu Café events series.

By engaging with PfAL, Chude will help support the development of future African creative leaders. His vast experience in film and media will be instrumental in enhancing creative opportunities for LSE students.

Dr Tunde Alabi-Hundeyin II | Creative in Residence

Dr Tunde Alabi-Hundeyin II is a documentary filmmaker and media creative whose work interrogates culture, identity, power, and social justice. He holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Practice from the University of Sussex. His acclaimed films and photo exhibitions have been showcased globally, inspiring new conversations about African agency, ethical storytelling, and the power of photography and film as tools for advocacy.

New Creative in Residence Appointments

New Creative in Residence Appointments: Ama Ofeibea Tetteh Creative in Residence, CiR Project Diasporic Currents & Cultural Flows – Exploring Creative Ties Between West Africa and the Caribbean (2022–Ongoing). Ian Mangenga Creative in Residence, CiR Project Artificial Cartographies – Mapping the Spatial Contours of AI in Africa

Ama Ofeibea Tetteh | Creative in Residence

Ama Ofeibea Tetteh is the founder and lead consultant at Chapter54. With a background in Graphics & Communications, Research and Programme Management and academic qualifications from Central St. Martins, Goldsmiths College and SOAS, her career portfolio is driven by a passion to harness the Arts and Creative sector to create opportunities and contribute to new narratives about the Continent.

Having worked within the Creative and Cultural Industries for over two decades, her professional offering centres on a deep understanding of cultural nuance and appreciation for the artistic as well as the operational.

CiR Project: Diasporic Currents & Cultural Flows – Exploring Creative Ties Between West Africa and the Caribbean (2022–Ongoing)

"This project, developed through my consultancy Chapter54, will explore the potential of the creative sector as a tool for deepening collaboration between West Africa and the Caribbean, two regions historically linked yet often treated in siloed cultural and policy spaces. By activating transnational creative relationships, the project aims to uncover how shared histories, aesthetic languages, and current socio-political realities can be harnessed through contemporary creative practice to build new bridges of understanding and co-creation."

Ian Mangenga | Creative in Residence

Ian Mangenga is a social designer and AI ethics & governance researcher whose work explores how algorithmic systems quietly shape identity, access, and power, with a particular focus on the experiences of African women. She is the founder of Digital Girl Africa, a community incubator advancing AI literacy and digital confidence for women across the continent.

She is currently completing an MA in AI, Ethics & Society at Birkbeck, University of London.

CiR Project: Artificial Cartographies – Mapping the Spatial Contours of AI in Africa

"This is a story about where AI touches down and what happens when it does: the frictions it creates, the worlds it reorganises, and the quiet, often overlooked terrains that hold up the global imagination of “the cloud", while reframing Africa as central, not peripheral, to the world's algorithmic future.

Through multimedia storytelling, visual research, and creative inquiry, the project traces these spatial entanglements across Africa, assembling a narrative that is as much about technology as it is about land, power, and the futures being built beneath our feet."