Join us for ‘Global Cities & Borders: the Stories of Visa Inequality’, an exclusive screening and panel discussion as part of the Somerset House at 25 programme.

Born out of a collaboration between Oroko Radio and LAGO Collective, ‘Stories of Visa Inequality’ is a short film featuring Oroko Radio residents Efia Serwah, B.Frvnkie and Dopo, exploring how restrictive visa regimes stifle cultural exchanges, limit economic opportunities and reinforce inequalities within the creative industry. Shot and produced in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana - directed by Dopo, founder of PRJCT Kumasi with creative production by Jinan Vyent.

Following the screening, we will discuss how restricting the movement of people poses challenges to the creative industry, in regulating who gets to move, collaborate and perform. For artists, cultural institutions – galleries, museums, festivals – and consumers, we ask: what does creative mobility look like in a ‘global city’ – one that simultaneously invites and restricts?

Oroko Radio's Head of Community Operations Jinan Vyent will facilitate this conversation, featuring Marta Foresti (Founder and CEO of LAGO Collective), Amina Adebisi Odofin (Researcher at Conflict Research Group and Affiliate Fellow at the African Leadership Centre of King’s College London), Amanda Boachie (Bookmaker and Founder of Forty-Four Words) and Nate Agbetu (Cultural Curator, Strategist and Educator).

• Location: Somerset House, London

• Date and Time: 2 July 2025, at 6pm – 7:30pm

• Tickets: https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/25th-community-screenings/25th-community-screening-stories-of-visa-inequality

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• Credits:

• Image by Joseph N.A Abbey-Mensah

• Styling & Direction by Mahmoud Brimah

• Make-Up by Linus Shika Agblevor

• Talents: Charles Taylor and Dzigbordi A. Ryam