Aderinsola Ajao

Southern africa-locarno industry academy 2021

Aderinsola Ajao is a journalist and arts manager based in Lagos, Nigeria. Her work cuts across the creative and cultural industries, and her writing has appeared in publications including Chimurenga, Africiné, Awotele, The Notebook, Glänta, The Sun, La Furia Umana and The Hollywood Reporter. She was previously Programme Officer at Goethe-Institut Nigeria, and is currently Regional Programme Manager for West/Central Africa at Pro Helvetia Johannesburg. 

Aderinsola has participated in the Fespaco/Africiné Critics’ Workshop; the Berlinale and Durban Talents Press; CICAE’s Arthouse Cinema Management Workshop, and the Southern Africa - Locarno Industry Academy. She has been on film juries at DOK Leipzig, Márgenes Film Festival, Film Africa, and CPH:DOX. Aderinsola is on the editorial committee of Awotele, a bilingual pan-African screen journal, and she organises Screen Out Loud, an independent cinema programme, in partnership with Alliance Française Lagos. 

Email: projects@screenoutlouder.com

Website: www.screenoutlouder.com