The sonic migration moves of Mo Laudi Between the African continent and Europe stretches more than distance—there’s a charged field of echoes, migrations, and imagination. Globalisto: A Philosophy in Flux – Acts of an Imbizo was a landmark exhibition curated by Mo Laudi (Ntshepe Tsekere Bopape), held from 25 June to 16 October 2022 at the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (MAMC+), France. It convened 17 artists from Africa and its diaspora, alongside researchers and...
The sonic migration moves of Mo Laudi Between the African continent and Europe stretches more than distance—there’s a charged field of echoes, migrations, and imagination. Globalisto: A Philosophy in Flux – Acts of an Imbizo was a landmark exhibition curated by Mo Laudi (Ntshepe...
In a world where algorithms track our every move and digital platforms define what is seen and valued, it’s easy to feel like the future is already decided. But Glitching the Future reminds us that the code isn’t closed and the future isn’t fixed. A bold collaboration between ZAM Magazine (Netherlands) and Bubblegum Club (South Africa), Glitching the Future is a creative movement that challenges the dominance of Big Tech through art, design, research, and cultural production. It doesn’t try to...
In a world where algorithms track our every move and digital platforms define what is seen and valued, it’s easy to feel like the future is already decided. But Glitching the Future reminds us that the code isn’t closed and the future isn’t fixed. A bold collaboration between ZAM...
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Glitching the Future microsite: a digital home for the movement that’s reimagining Big Tech through art, design, research, and resistance. This site is more than just a showcase. It’s a toolkit for disruption . Inside, you’ll find a growing collection of creative contributions, from dance pieces and essays to makeup tutorials and sound works, each offering a different way of resisting systems of exclusion, control, and erasure. Built to be open,...
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Glitching the Future microsite: a digital home for the movement that’s reimagining Big Tech through art, design, research, and resistance. This site is more than just a showcase. It’s a toolkit for disruption . Inside, you’ll find a...
We’re stuck in a loop where platforms prioritize profit over people, where algorithms amplify inequality, and where digital futures are imagined only by the powerful. The Glitching the Future manifesto video is a creative rebellion. A declaration that we don’t want better representation inside broken systems; we want to build new ones . This manifesto lays down the foundation for a digital reality where care and justice replace control and profit. Where the glitch isn’t a mistake; it’s the method....
We’re stuck in a loop where platforms prioritize profit over people, where algorithms amplify inequality, and where digital futures are imagined only by the powerful. The Glitching the Future manifesto video is a creative rebellion. A declaration that we don’t want better...
To reimagine the future of tech, we need radical voices that don’t just critique systems but offer bold, creative alternatives. We’ve highlighted three of the many contributors who are doing exactly that through movement, makeup, and critical writing.These profiles show how creativity is a tool for change, and how every glitch, no matter the medium, helps rewrite what is possible. Each contribution embodies a different mode of glitching, disrupting the default, imagining new paths and helping build...
To reimagine the future of tech, we need radical voices that don’t just critique systems but offer bold, creative alternatives. We’ve highlighted three of the many contributors who are doing exactly that through movement, makeup, and critical writing.These profiles show how...
Glitching the Future is a collaborative initiative between Bubblegum Club in Johannesburg and ZAM Magazine in Amsterdam), two platforms committed to cultural production that is rooted in social justice, creative innovation, and radical imagination, particularly as it pertains to the African continent and its diaspora.. The partnership was born out of a shared recognition that digital systems—particularly those shaped by Big Tech—are not neutral. They reflect and reinforce the inequalities of the...
Glitching the Future is a collaborative initiative between Bubblegum Club in Johannesburg and ZAM Magazine in Amsterdam), two platforms committed to cultural production that is rooted in social justice, creative innovation, and radical imagination, particularly as it pertains to the...
Fighting the businessmen who erode the wetlands “This water cannot be for sale” While many reports expose how multinationals have acquired natural wealth cheaply, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the role of powerful African political elites in enabling these practices has received far less attention. The Gambia's chapter of ZAM’s new transnational investigation into Africa’s Sell-Outs documents the selling off of crucial wetlands to well-connected businessmen. The Tanbi Wetlands in...
Fighting the businessmen who erode the wetlands “This water cannot be for sale” While many reports expose how multinationals have acquired natural wealth cheaply, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the role of powerful African political elites in enabling these practices...
Meditations on death, grief and healing in Kenya and the Netherlands. I know—I belong to a generation obsessed with graves. Their permanence has become our language of love, our way of asserting legacy and resisting the ephemeral nature of life. After a long absence, the first ritual of returning home—before embracing eager relatives or sitting down to lunch—is to ask: "Where are their graves?" It is customary to stand by the graves of those whose funerals you couldn't attend, to finally offer your...
Meditations on death, grief and healing in Kenya and the Netherlands. I know—I belong to a generation obsessed with graves. Their permanence has become our language of love, our way of asserting legacy and resisting the ephemeral nature of life. After a long absence, the first...
Government Captured by Lobbyists While many reports expose how multinationals have acquired natural wealth cheaply, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the role of powerful African political elites in enabling these practices has received far less attention. Mozambique’s chapter of ZAM’s new transnational investigation into Africa’s Sell-Outs portrays a bizarre network of business lobbyists operating within both the government and the ruling party. At lunch in Maputo, my source—neatly...
Government Captured by Lobbyists While many reports expose how multinationals have acquired natural wealth cheaply, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the role of powerful African political elites in enabling these practices has received far less attention. Mozambique’s...
The chainsaw feels an inadequate metaphor for the brutal violence with which the Trump administration slashes €58 billion annually from aid to poor countries. On top of that, European governments in the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands are cutting more than €10 billion in aid savings. This represents a catastrophic blow to the fight against malaria and HIV/AIDS, food assistance programs, and democratic development. The number of human lives lost to these reckless and inhumane decisions...
The chainsaw feels an inadequate metaphor for the brutal violence with which the Trump administration slashes €58 billion annually from aid to poor countries. On top of that, European governments in the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands are cutting more than €10 billion in...
In 1964, African-American civil rights leader Malcolm X visited Gaza. This hidden story is brought to life in a new colouring book with stunning illustrations by Soweto-based artist Nathi Ngubane. The book traces Malcolm’s travels across Africa and the Middle East, as well as his historic two-day visit in Gaza, during which he visited the Khan Younis refugee camp, toured the mosques and markets, and listened to poetry and the stories of Palestinians who had been displaced by the Nakba, the...
In 1964, African-American civil rights leader Malcolm X visited Gaza. This hidden story is brought to life in a new colouring book with stunning illustrations by Soweto-based artist Nathi Ngubane. The book traces Malcolm’s travels across Africa and the Middle East, as well as his...
In a time of hate, missiles, and mass murders, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s call to mingle and meet, made recently at a symposium at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, comes as a wake-up call. Her speech is a tribute to Amsterdam, the city celebrating its 750th anniversary this year. It is a tribute to the city in general, a centre of energy where different human beings come together, exchange ideas, and belong. Listen to Adichie's speech here .
In a time of hate, missiles, and mass murders, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s call to mingle and meet, made recently at a symposium at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, comes as a wake-up call. Her speech is a tribute to Amsterdam, the city celebrating its 750th anniversary this year. It...
All the president’s minerals While many reports expose how multinationals have appropriated natural wealth on the cheap, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the facilitation of it all by powerful African political elites has not been highlighted as much. Zimbabwe’s chapter of ZAM’s new transnational investigation into Africa’s Sell-Outs, focuses on the mining businesses that are controlled by the country’s ruling party, ZANU PF. One cannot really go near most mining sites in Zimbabwe....
All the president’s minerals While many reports expose how multinationals have appropriated natural wealth on the cheap, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the facilitation of it all by powerful African political elites has not been highlighted as much. Zimbabwe’s chapter...
A corrupt political class While many reports expose how multinationals have appropriated natural wealth on the cheap, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the facilitation of it all by powerful African political elites has not been highlighted as much. Zambia’s chapter of ZAM’s new transnational investigation into Africa’s Sell-Outs focuses on a long-standing tradition of mining license interference by politicians in past and present ruling parties. Suddenly, the gold mining company...
A corrupt political class While many reports expose how multinationals have appropriated natural wealth on the cheap, polluted communities, and exploited workers, the facilitation of it all by powerful African political elites has not been highlighted as much. Zambia’s chapter of...
The patrons who make the deals about their countries The exploitative stance taken by many multinationals in African countries has often been highlighted. Multiple reports expose how they appropriate natural wealth on the cheap, pollute communities and exploit workers. But the facilitation of this all by powerful African political elites has remained in the shadows. In Zambia, an entire political class is involved. In Mozambique, it still helps to know a general. The DRC has bred functionaries who...
The patrons who make the deals about their countries The exploitative stance taken by many multinationals in African countries has often been highlighted. Multiple reports expose how they appropriate natural wealth on the cheap, pollute communities and exploit workers. But the...
The tech industry wasn’t built with everyone in mind but with your help, we’re changing that. From the beginning, we set out to challenge a tech industry that remains overwhelmingly white, male, and exclusionary. These aren’t system bugs, they’re deeply rooted features. But together, we’ve chosen to respond creatively and collectively. Your donations made it possible to commission creators, build our digital platform, and launch a manifesto that reimagines tech from the ground up. Together, we’re...
The tech industry wasn’t built with everyone in mind but with your help, we’re changing that. From the beginning, we set out to challenge a tech industry that remains overwhelmingly white, male, and exclusionary. These aren’t system bugs, they’re deeply rooted features. But...
Update Just as we were finalising this piece, yet another tragedy struck. The violence we thought we were remembering came crashing back into the present. On June 7–8, 2025, while in police custody in Nairobi, 31-year-old Kenyan teacher and activist Albert Ojwang died under suspicious circumstances after publicly accusing a senior police official of corruption. The official story? That he banged his head against a wall. The autopsy told a different truth: signs of strangulation, blunt force trauma,...
Update Just as we were finalising this piece, yet another tragedy struck. The violence we thought we were remembering came crashing back into the present. On June 7–8, 2025, while in police custody in Nairobi, 31-year-old Kenyan teacher and activist Albert Ojwang died under...
African despots will tell you, "Put up with my torture, or the colonialists will return to torture you." On May 23, 2025, former Ugandan journalist—and now political commentator and government acolyte—Andrew Mwenda posted a lengthy rant on X, accusing European ambassadors in Uganda of engaging in “Colonialism 101.” His outburst was prompted by a statement made two days earlier, in which European Union ambassadors expressed concern about the use of torture in Uganda. Specifically, a delegation of...
African despots will tell you, "Put up with my torture, or the colonialists will return to torture you." On May 23, 2025, former Ugandan journalist—and now political commentator and government acolyte—Andrew Mwenda posted a lengthy rant on X, accusing European ambassadors in Uganda...
Three captivating exhibitions featuring the works of Tengbeh Kamara, Buhlebezwe Siwani, and Michelle Sank have recently opened in Amsterdam. Why You Left, Who You Left by Tengbeh Kamara Tengbeh Kamara This photo exhibition is a personal quest to explore what it truly means to feel at home. In this two-part series, Tengbeh Kamara investigates their father’s decision to return to his native Liberia, leaving his wife and three young children behind in the Netherlands. Kamara’s father came to the...
Three captivating exhibitions featuring the works of Tengbeh Kamara, Buhlebezwe Siwani, and Michelle Sank have recently opened in Amsterdam. Why You Left, Who You Left by Tengbeh Kamara Tengbeh Kamara This photo exhibition is a personal quest to explore what it truly means to feel...
In the 2025 Ranking of Most Popular Countries, recently released by the Alliance of Democracies , South Africa ranked seventh . The metric measures “how countries are perceived by their neighbours, key trading partners, and other nations” on issues such as credibility and global trust. South African opinion maker and tech consultant Phumzile van Damme shared this striking result on LinkedIn at a time when U.S. President Trump and a surrounding coterie of South African apartheid beneficiaries had...
In the 2025 Ranking of Most Popular Countries, recently released by the Alliance of Democracies , South Africa ranked seventh . The metric measures “how countries are perceived by their neighbours, key trading partners, and other nations” on issues such as credibility and global...
(Nederlands hieronder) Dear friends, If you haven't already donated , now is your time to create a digital future for all, not just the privileged few, by supporting our Glitching the Future project. With just 10 days left, we still need €5,900 to reach 80% of our crowdfunding goal, otherwise the entire campaign will be withdrawn. A massive thank you to those already supporting us, including JM who said “Big Tech stands for exclusion and discrimination. This project works towards a creative future...
(Nederlands hieronder) Dear friends, If you haven't already donated , now is your time to create a digital future for all, not just the privileged few, by supporting our Glitching the Future project. With just 10 days left, we still need €5,900 to reach 80% of our crowdfunding goal,...
