Junior Akwety Belgium/Congo
Junior Akwety is a Belgian-Congolese multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of music, theatre, pedagogy, and collective creation. As a singer, actor, dramaturg, and artistic coach, his practice explores how artistic processes can function as spaces of care, memory, and community building.
Active within institutions such as KVS and the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, and as co-founder of the non profit organization Maisha, Akwety develops projects that connect performance, education, and social engagement. His work foregrounds artistic freedom and the building of bridges between people, with music and movement as key tools for collective encounter.
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Jolien Posthumus
Jolien Posthumus has a background in applied arts, art history, and trauma-sensitive mindfulness, and supports organisations in developing cultures of care through arts-based interventions.
Tessa Kerre
Tessa Kerre is Head of the department Hematology and Full Professor at Ghent University Hospital, and a leading researcher in immunotherapy, stem-cell transplantation, and patient-centred care.
Nieke Koek
Nieke Koek is an interdisciplinary artist who works with the body as a source of knowledge in healthcare and research contexts, using art to deepen communication and insight in care.
Brenda Anyango
Brenda Anyango is an independent clinical psychologist, behavioural therapist, speaker, and space creator working under the name SemaNami—meaning “talk to me” in her mother tongue, Swahili.
@ The conference
Junior Akwety will be present on Friday morning during the panel with Jolien Posthumus & others.
