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ANANSI REVOLUTIONARY COLLECTIVE is a Pan-African group of artists distributed across the globe who collaborate on art, knowledge, and organizing. We co-steward a Commons, follow the ANANSI Philosophy, and experiment with collaborative practices toward a participatory governance model.

We are artists, activists, anarchists, inventors, economists, guerrilla theorists, creatives, and collaborators. We are both trans- and anti-disciplinary, stepping with ease between the many worlds we inhabit. Together, we are greater than the sum of our parts.

Minifesto

The ANANSI Revolutionary Collective (ARC000) is pro-Black and Pan-African.

We steward a commons of:

• Material resources – money, equipment
• Infrastructure – ANANSI Residential Compound, Funkwhale
• People-power – time banking, commitment statements
• Knowledge – documentation, creative assets

We are the stewards of an emergent ANANSI Philosophy of Black holistic distribution. This grows out of Pan-African interdependence and seeks to disrupt centralization in politics, tech, economics, culture, community, and spirituality.

Our evolving Praxis includes:

• Conflux
• Collective Budgeting
• Consensus and Consent Decision Making
• Reparational Funding
• Collective Mythmaking

We are currently building a Protocol—a participatory governance model based on guidelines, not hierarchy. It currently includes:

• Membership Guidelines
• Voting Guidelines

Projects

As a collective, our lifeblood is collaboration—within the collective, with other institutions, and between members of our global communities. Learn more about our Projects:

• ANANSI Radical Catalyst
• Meet Me in the Living Room
• The Kenyan Renaissance: Redio Mapenduzi
• Communal Computing
• Black to the Future

People

We’ve collaborated with dozens of artists and count them all as kin. Our current active members include:

• Kadallah Burrowes
• Nardja Owens
• Emma Nzioka
• Jay Jay
• Jabez
• NDIB0
• MONRHEA
• Justin
• Branice

We also maintain an open ANANSI Radical Community where we share resources, ideas, and care. Karibuni.

Praxis

Our Praxis is how we move—emergent strategies grounded in our philosophy of distribution. We experiment, iterate, document, and share.

Explore our practices:

• Conflux
• Collective Budgeting
• Decision Making
• Collective Mythmaking

Protocol

We're building a resilient, heterarchical protocol to govern the Commons and ourselves. This participatory system allows anyone to contribute, propose, and shape our direction.

Read the current guidelines:

• Membership Guidelines
• Voting Guidelines

Support

We are working to make our commons sustainable. If you'd like to support, visit our Open Collective.

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