Art & Culture for New Africa
ACUNA is a pan-African cultural think tank that nurtures the ambition of a continent to write new narratives and take its rightful place on the world stage through the voice of its culture, with a capacity for proposals and solutions to the major challenges of Africa’s artistic and cultural development.
ACUNA aims to help build the new Africa we want, using art and culture as levers for transformation. Our cultural heritage and artistic creativity will be the pillars of this development, with education as the foundation to anchor this vision in a sustainable perspective.
ACUNA : a leading think tank
We position ourselves as a think tank of reference, offering support and advice to governments and regional institutions on the issues of cultural and creative industries (CCI), cultural and artistic education, cultural rights, market access and other strategic cultural issues.
We believe in a united, strong, self-reliant and prosperous Africa, shaped by Africans for Africans, where cultural wealth and heritage play a central role in building an inclusive and environmentally-friendly society.
ACUNA : a space for reflection and advocacy
It is a space for reflection and advocacy, where experts, researchers, artists and cultural actors come together around a common mission: to promote an Africa where culture and cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are the drivers of inclusive and sustainable socio-economic growth.
ACUNA think tank aims to strengthen the link between cultural development and social development, by valuing heritage resources while preserving our historical awareness, with a new African thought.
ACUNA think tank focuses on promoting the diversity of artistic and cultural expressions across the African continent, and aims to be a pan-African platform.
ACUNA : a framework for exchanges
ACUNA Think Tank will create a framework for fruitful exchanges between civil society, the private sector, and African governments.
It aspires to be a collective African voice for the socio-economic and ecological development of Africa that emphasizes culture, and seeks to promote African heritage and identity.
Our mission
Our mission is to unite the continent’s vital forces, including experts, researchers, artists and cultural actors to generate innovative ideas and concrete solutions.
ACUNA positions itself as a force for proposals and advocacy, in order to promote the rich African cultural heritage and the CCIs, to strengthen social development and to encourage sustainable ecological actions through Education and vigorous cultural policies on the African continent.