S3:E4 There and back again – Basadi Dibeela in conversation with Adrian Ellis
Guest
Basadi Dibeela
In conversation with
Adrian Ellis
In this episode, our host Adrian Ellis speaks with Botswana-based curator, DJ, and arts journalist Basadi Dibeela. Basadi shares her cultural journey that spanned various disciplines, in various countries and continents. The two then talk about Basadi’s recently published article for GCDN, Opportunities for Cultural Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from attending the GCDN 2022 Convening.
Date of Recording
22 March 2023
Date of Publication
13 April 2023
[00:00:00] [THEME MUSIC]
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Adrian Ellis: Hello and welcome to The Three Bells. This podcast is one of a series brought to you by AEA Consulting for the Global Cultural Districts Network, in which we explore what's happening around the world on the intersections of cultural and urban life. The series and supporting materials can be found at www.thethreebells.net.
And if you like our content, please subscribe, and give us a positive review on your podcast listening platform of choice. I'm Adrian Ellis, the chair of GCDN, and the director of AEA Consulting, and today I get to talk to Basadi Dibeela.
Basadi is in Kanye, in Botswana, where she grew up, but between being there now and being there as a child, she's had a rich and varied life as a journalist, as a curator, as a DJ, as a serial social entrepreneur, and is now I believe just about to join a curatorial residency with Latitudes CuratorLab.
She has degrees in journalism and political science, and has spent time not only in Botswana, but in the States, and I think in Shanghai as well. Basadi, welcome to The Three Bells.
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Basadi Dibeela: Oh, thank you so much Adrian, and the GCDN team for inviting me to The Three Bells podcast. I'm very happy to be in conversation with you. I learned a lot from The Three Bells podcast so let's see how this one goes.
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External Links
Opportunities for Cultural Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from attending the GCDN 2022 Convening – by Basadi Dibeela
Latitudes CuratorLab – Online curatorial residency for emerging curators in Africa:
Blantyre Arts Festival (BAF) – Arts Festival that promotes Malawian arts and culture:
Tropical Storm Freddy – hurricane that devastated Malawi
Sauti Za Busara – One of East Africa’s largest music festivals held in Zanzibar, Tanzania:
MTN Bushfire - One of Africa’s largest multicultural music and arts festival
New Americans Forum - a growing Social Forum focused on helping all refugees and immigrants communities and enhancing the American experience based in Syracuse, NY
Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) – West African art museum in Nigera
MuseumFutures Africa - a pan-African, people-centred cultural project that works with museums across the continent to test, explore and study potentials for new formats of African museology
Keleketla! Library – an arts archive, educational workshop and performance space in Johannesburg, South Africa
Underground – nomadic and collaborative art space in Uganda
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkman – book referenced during Adrian’s end segment
About Our Speakers
Basadi Dibeela Basadi Dibeela is an arts and culture curator, DJ, and freelance arts journalist. Her work centres around arts, innovation, and sustainability. Basadi has worked as a strategic planner and programme developer, while serving on the board of the Kgosi Bathoen II Museum in her home village of Kanye, Botswana. As a social entrepreneur, Basadi started the Loselo Kultur Network. +
Adrian Ellis is the founder of AEA Consulting (1990) and the Global Cultural Districts Network (2013). He has worked in senior management and as a board member in both museums and the performing arts and as a strategy consultant to leading clients in the cultural, public, and business sectors around the world. +
