Bakani Foundation
Bakani Foundation is a cultural institution dedicated to African and Diasporic storytelling. The Foundation understands storytelling broadly, recognizing that cultures tell their stories through artistic expression, living practices and ways of knowing. The Foundation creates spaces and cultural infrastructure for these stories to be preserved, shared across generations and geographies, and reimagined on their own terms.
The Foundation houses the African Museum of Collective Wisdom, among other programs.
Bakani was founded by Lynette Sifiso. The name ‘bakani’ comes from the language of Lynette Sifiso’s maternal lineage (Kalanga) and means ‘to build’