The core faculty at the African Futures Institute, are all experienced and committed academics and practitioners who have worked tirelessly over the past two years to develop the Institute’s teaching programmes. Led by Professor Lesley Lokko OBE, they are: 

Prof Lesley Lokko OBE  

Prof Sean Anderson  

Jhono Bennett (Programme Support) 

Nana Biamah-Ofosu  

Meriem Chabani 

Prof Aziza Chaouni  

Ngillan Faal  

Thireshen Govender  

Ana Monrabal-Cook (Programme Manager) 

Samir Pandya  

Rahesh Ram 

In addition to our core faculty, we have an international Critics Cohort made up of academics and practitioners from around the world who visit our studios on a rotating basis. 

Download and read more about our faculty here.