King's College London

The Creative Women in Lagos: A Network and Documentary Film Project brought together Dr Lauren England (Culture, Media and Creative Industries), Dr Eka Ikpe (African Leadership Center), and Professor Roberta Comunian (Culture, Media and Creative Industries) to work alongside filmmakers Cristina Cabral and Babatunde Kolawole ‘Director Kay’, in partnership with Ituen Basi, Terra Kulture, Wy Art Foundation and Tribe XX Lab. They collaborated on a project focused on both facilitating knowledge exchange among female creative entrepreneurs in Lagos and raising greater awareness of their accomplishments and experiences through a documentary film.

From the project, a peer-led and maintained network has been set up in Lagos, providing ongoing support for female creative entrepreneurs in the city. It is hoped that by showcasing these narratives through multiple film screenings, including those targeted at policymakers, the project would be able to inspire positive policy changes and thereby improve the landscape for women engaged in creative work in Lagos. The documentary film, completed in March 2024, has thus far been screened in London, Lagos and Nairobi. Efforts to further promote the film, as well as leverage it as a tool to shape future policymaking in Nigeria, are ongoing.