Keynote: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo Member Only

Petna Ndaliko Katondolo is a Congolese filmmaker, educator, and ancestral ecologist whose artistic works are acclaimed for their decolonial African futurism. For Petna, questions of sovereignty and narrative control have been at the heart of his work as a filmmaker, educator, and community organizer for several decades. Starting with the philosophy, practices, and experiences developed at Yole!Africa, the cultural center that he founded in 2000, Petna's keynote will expand into a broader conversation about what sovereignty truly means in a world shaped by extraction, displacement, technological transformation, and the ongoing struggle for communities to tell their own stories.