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