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For a Cook-Out this summer at a Private Beach.
- Sizzling n Grilling
- Rave,
- Community,
- Booze
- Volleyball,
- Jenga, and Colors
- Hoochie daddy shorts,
- Bikinis,
- Body,
- Games, and a lot more
The Queercity Media and Productions Lagos, Nigeria invites LGBT+ West African content creators, digital artists, and creatives at large to harness a creative think tank whose work seeks to further the creative, social, political, and economic liberation of LGBT+ Nigerians.
Tinkers Tank is a 6 weeks digital incubation program for LGBT+ content creators in Lagos, Nigeria to learn, develop and re-evaluate their creative endeavors. This program provides a collective opportunity for creative, technical, and infrastructural support for LGBT+ creatives living and working in Lagos, Nigeria to further create.
Queer creatives in the context of Tinkers Tank 1.0 is not limited to already existing LGBT+ photographers, podcasters, illustrators, vloggers, and journalists. but also open to new creatives, experimenting creatives, and creative executives who question/engage queer content creation in Nigeria. What role do LGBT+-centered content creations and creators have to play in the public opinion of LGBT+ persons? How does it manifest in the daily lives of LGBT+ persons living in Nigeria and the level of societal acceptance? What are the historical traces of Queerness in Lagos and the future of Queer-centered documentation in Nigeria as a country? What practical uses of LGBT+ centered content in social and political movements in the country? Creating content for possible change? How does a Queer creator manifest themselves artistically in modern-day Nigeria?”
Application Deadlines:
Note: Late submissions will not be considered. Successful applicants will be notified on the website by October 2022 and January 2023 respectively.
Application Guidelines: