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Nayansaku Mufwankolo

Nayansaku Mufwankolo (they/he) is the head of Black Studies, affiliated with the CCC (Critical Curatorial Cybermedia) master’s program at HEAD–Genève (HES-SO). Specializing in critical and cultural studies, they also teach transversal Bachelor’s seminars on the introduction to postcolonial studies and intersectional feminism, as well as the second-year Bachelor’s theory course in Critical Studies alongside Nadia Radwan.

A graduate of the University of Lausanne with a degree in English, specializing in New American Studies and art history, Nayansaku Mufwankolo continues their research through the medium of Afrocosmic poetry, on the one hand, and, on the other, on the deconstruction of historical discursive processes of power structures. They have published, exhibited, and performed their poetry at venues including Cricuit (2021); the Fête du Slip (2021); at the Johannesburg Art Gallery (2022); at the Centre d’art La Meute (2023); at the Espace Arlaud as part of the exhibition “Des Seins à Dessein” (2024); at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) (2024); at the Graduate Institute in Geneva and at the ZHDK during “Queer Gestures, Afrocosmic Fictions: Decolonial Artistic Practices Against Colonial Time” (2025); at the La Dispersion bookstore as part of the “Slayeth Love” exhibition by the XcollectiveX collective (2025); as well as at the Geneva Museum of Ethnography during “Des so(i)ns qui guérissent” by the Afropea Cultural Center as part of the “Afrosonica – Soundscapes” exhibition (2025); at the Maurice Chalumeau Center for Sexuality Studies, during the trans studies symposium: epistemologies, methods, and collective knowledge in French-speaking Switzerland (2026).

  • Autofiction Afrocosmic

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    • Nayansaku Mufwankolo

    In this contribution, Nayansaku Mufwankolo discusses their writing practice, autofiction afrocosmic poetry, and reads one of their poem.

  • The necessity of new communication model in the intergenerational educational space

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    • Nayansaku Mufwankolo

    The meme formed with the phrase "Ok Boomer" epitomises a generation gap that has opened up in recent years. On the one hand, there are Millennials and Gen Zers looking for social justice, who are able to sum up a complex situation in a devastating viral…

  • Head to Head – Nayansaku Mufwankolo

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    • Julie Enckell Julliard
    • Lucien Monot
    • Nayansaku Mufwankolo

    In this video portrait dedicated to them, the delegate of Diversity & Inclusion at HEAD – Genève, Nayansaku Mufwankolo, highlights the different stages that have allowed them to develop their practice. From poems initially confined to private…

  • Inclusive Typography

    An Interview with Graphic Designer Tristan Bartolini

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    • Tristan Bartolini
    • Nayansaku Mufwankolo

    For his Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communication, Tristan Bartolini developed a new system of typographic characters which transcends gender binarism in the French language. Bartolini redesigned characters from an existing font, Laurenz Brunner’s…