Made in Diaspora
Art, Between Worlds and Cultures
Narratives of the African Diaspora Creatives in Vienna, an evening of fashion, film, music, literature and art, told by the people who lived it.
#POSITIVENARRATIVES | VIENNA, AUSTRIA
"Positive narratives were told. The African diaspora in Vienna is a living, breathing creative force; people who arrive, and create."
Diaspora Creatives is here to shift narratives. This time, the stories are not about survival, it is about the diaspora as vision, excellence, and creative power, told by the people who built it themselves.
On 24 June, that mission took physical form inside Palais Wenkheim, hosted by Webster University Vienna. Fashion, photography, opera, literature and entrepreneurship owned by the African Diaspora, shared one room and one intention: to let the African diaspora in Vienna hold the pen on its own story.
What happened in that room didn't stay there. It travelled through platforms, through conversations, through every guest who carried it home.
THE FIRST STOPS
DC's Vienna Tour
Before the evening programme, the day opened with stops at different places in Vienna that roots DC's experience, storytelling and everyday spaces. An art exhibition. A community supermarket. An African restaurant.
Three different rooms, but one shared thread: African diaspora life in Vienna is fully expressed, everyday.
MOMENTS
Made in Diaspora
A testimony to the creative force that lives within this community, to the stories that have crosses oceans and taken root in this city and to the power of gathering with intention. Positive narratives were told: the African diaspora in Vienna is a living, breathing creative force, made of people who arrive and create.
FEATURED VOICES
Six disciplines, one narrative
Some faces of the African diaspora creatives in Vienna who shaped the evening. Every silhouette carried a mindset, identity, respect, and the boldness of knowing who you are. A Proof that diaspora creativity doesn't have to choose one tradition to master them all...and that storytelling is a medium for positive narratives of Africa, on its own terms.
01
Photographer, Filmmaker and Cultural diplomat
Terhas Berhe
Terhas does not simply take photographs. She captures faces showing the resilience of African people with dignity and grace.
Author
02
Benedicta Apuamah
Her book "Biking through Africa & beyond" is a journey of empowerment, personal growth, and the courage to embrace authentic storytelling in a "non-colonial" way.
Founder a lifestyle magazine
03
Harriet Kahului Hala
FAB L'Style Magazine is an international platform dedicated to fashion, art, beauty and lifestyle.
Opera and Crossover Vocalist
04
Ranti
Opera and crossover singer, is versatile in various genres of music.
Fashion Designer
05
Hannah Acquah
Founder of Helmet & Armour, a faith-based brand treating fashion as architecture and supporting women in Ghana.
Entrepreneur
06
Evelyn Adoun
Founder of Eva Tours Startup, a travel agency that invites you to discover Benin and its culture and promoting community well-being.
REFLECTIONS
What the room carried
CREATIVES, INCLUDING MODELS & ENTREPRENEURS FEATURED
15+
DISCIPLINES ON ONE STAGE
7
EVENING, INTIMATE & COMMUNITY-CENTRED
1
REACH, STILL TRAVELLING THROUGH CONVERSATIONS AND MEDIA PLATFORMS
"This is what Diaspora Creatives was built for, to give #positivenarratives of creatives from diaspora, a stage, an audience and a community. Spreading positive narratives like a gong whose resonnant sound travel far and wide."
AUDREY KODJO-HESSOUH, CO-FOUNDER OF DIASPORA CREATIVES
WITH THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS
Webster University Vienna
Helmet & Armour
TKC Africa
Prosi Exotic World Supermarket
2B Drinks
Blue Bomb Water
Beautilda
FAB L'Style Magazine
Benedicta Apuamah
