Gaika – Artist
Speaking: Friday Afternoon
2pm-4pm
POWER UP PRESENTS… GET UP, STAND UP!
This thought leadership panel explores the progress – or lack of – on race accountability in the music industry since the 2020 BLM protest movement. We’ll also explore what it means to be ethical, how to take a stand and the greater challenges facing Black artists in 2024.
4pm-6pm
JACQUELINE SPRINGER IN CONVERSATION WITH BERWYN POWERED BY V&A EAST
Expect a deep dive as Jacqueline Springer explores the life and times of BERWYN, Trinidad-born, Romford-raised rapper, singer, songwriter, producer and two-time Mercury Music Prize nominee.
Speakers
Elise Brown – Co-founder/ Director, Revere Arts
Hannah Shogbola – Founder, DAJU / Agent at UTA Talent Agency
Komali Scott-Jones – A&R Director at AWAL & Executive Member at the Black Music Coalition
Andrew Ogun – Arts Council of Wales/ BLM Gwent
Jacqueline Springer – Curator, Africa & Diaspora: Performance at the V&A
