17.06.2025

Mgqibelo African Gallery: A Paradigm Shift in Cultural Representation and Collaboration

This lecture will explore how Mgqibelo African Gallery embodies a paradigm shift in the way that it displays African culture and heritage using interdisciplinary stories that honour artefacts preserved, represented, and shared on the digital platform. Key themes to be discussed include reassessing colonial narratives, addressing emotional injustice through virtual museums, exploring African futurism, fostering interactive learning, and building collaborative bridges between colonial museums and communities of artefact origin. 

Anne Nomgqibelo Mashiloane is a South African award-winning filmmaker and television director currently based in Berlin. Her artistic work is inspired by transformative impact for Africa through storytelling, tackling of social issues in South Africa, heritage, biodiversity conservation, climate justice and the preservation of African languages. Besides recently lecturing, she is a proud fellow of the 2024/2025 Alexander von Humboldt German Chancellor Fellowship where she is embarking on a career in digital storytelling and digital museum curation. Her dedication to film and storytelling is evident through numerous awards and nominations in the field, including the South African Film and Television Award (SAFTAs) from 2020 to 2024. Her directing team at 'The River' was nominated for the International Emmy Award in 2019. Her consistently outstanding performance exhibits a high degree of mobility, both in terms of adapting to new environments and pursuing opportunities for growth.