OreOluwa Badaki
OreOluwa Badaki is a a Nigerian born, US based writer, dancer and educator. She is currently a doctoral candidate studying the creative literacy practices of youth of color working for food and environmental justice. Dance, movement, and embodiment practices are important aspects of her writing, pedagogy and research methodology. She currently leads the Food Justice Writing Group, and has had the opportunity to write and dance with communities in Navajo-New Mexico, Cape Town-South Africa, Kumasi-Ghana, and Apia-Samoa.
Awarded Grants
2021
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
OreOluwa will lead a collaborative scriptwriting workshop series with black youth (age 14-17) working for food justice and sovereignty in Philadelphia. Growing out of their experience starting a food justice creative writing group at Sankofa Community Farm, OreOluwa is embarking on their fist collaborative piece: an Afrofuturist, speculative fiction screenplay that centers the history and relevance of Okra in Black foodways. As a creative alternative to more traditional presentations, the story will be shared with the broader community and with decision makers involved in food policy and urban agriculture in the city, either staged or as a community table reading -- and will be used to spark discussion around issues and questions that are salient across young people’s experiences with food justice and food sovereignty.