PANAF launches a first-of-its-kind website to advocate for artistic rights in Africa
The Pan African Network for Artistic Freedom (PANAF) has launched a new resource website where artists and other cultural professionals...
Vanessa Chisakula
Zambia is dealing with the consequences of years of economic mismanagement, with an especially inefficient public investment drive. The country...
Second Partners’ Strategic Meeting
PANAF partners from Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, The Gambia, and Zambia met for the second time in Zanzibar,...
Allan Toniks
With over a decade of experience in the music recording industry, the artist has been a vocal proponent of the...
PANAF to launch research and platform in Zanzibar
The Pan African Network for artistic freedom will convene in Zanzibar, Tanzania, between February 9 and 13, to launch its...
Research Validation Meeting
PANAF chapters in the eight countries held a validation meeting in January 2023 to analyse the research, which was completed...
Uganda’s PANAF chapter condemns selective film classification
The PANAF chapter in Uganda wishes to condemn the unrelenting selective classification of films in Uganda. This act is contrary...
PANAF Summit 2026 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
From 6–8 February 2026, the Pan-African Network for Artistic Freedom (PANAF) convenes its annual summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing...
PANAF SUMMIT 2025 REPORT
Held from February 14–16, 2025, the second edition of the Pan-African Network for Artistic Freedom (PANAF) Summit convened 51 participants...
PANAF Joins the Call for Action in Kenya
In May 2025, PANAF joined civil society and creative stakeholders in Nairobi for Kenya’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Observation Meeting....
Shaping the Future of Artistic Freedom in Africa
Artistic freedoms i.e. the right to imagine, create, and distribute diverse cultural expressions without censorship, political interference, or economic pressure...
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