Executive Director of the Human Rights Journalists Network Nigeria, HRJNN and co-founder of the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival, AIHRFF, Comrade Kehinde Adegboyega, is among the distinguished facilitators at the Second Global Artivism Convening taking place from November 3–5, 2025, in Salvador, Brazil.
Adegboyega is leading a workshop titled “Film for Change: Designing Your Own Impact Strategy”, in partnership with Ooto Ooto Impact Production, Bombozila, and Casa Doc. The session explores how filmmakers, journalists, and advocates can design storytelling strategies that inspire civic engagement and drive policy reform.
“Across Africa, we’ve seen documentaries ignite difficult but necessary conversations on corruption, police brutality, gender justice, and governance,” Adegboyega said. “When stories are consciously crafted, film becomes an act of resistance, a catalyst for justice and collective healing.”
He noted that the convening’s focus aligns with the thematic programming of the upcoming 4th edition of the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival, scheduled for December in Lagos. This year’s festival, he said, aims to strengthen storytelling as a tool for collaboration, resilience, and accountability in human rights advocacy.
“We are consolidating storytelling as a tool with the need for collaboration and acceleration of our interventions to document and hold power to account,” Adegboyega added.
The Global Artivism Convening brings together artists, filmmakers, and activists from around the world who use creativity as a force for justice and social transformation. The 2025 edition focuses on practical strategies for harnessing storytelling to strengthen human rights advocacy and shape public consciousness.
Adegboyega expressed gratitude to the organisers for recognising African voices and contributions to global artivism, reaffirming HRJNN’s commitment to promoting justice through creative media and strategic dialogue.
“As storytellers, we have a duty to ensure that human suffering is never normalised and that every story told helps bend the moral arc closer to justice,” he said.