Kwayera Archer

Key Highlights From June

A Sacred Exchange in Abidjan

I presented “Sacred Succession & Living Leadership Lineages” at the Yale Directors Forum in Abidjan—an 18-month global fellowship for cultural leaders.

I stood with 16 transformational guardians of culture:

• Wanjiru Koinange – Co‑Founder, Book Bunk Trust, Kenya
• Chao Tayiana Maina – Founder & Director, African Digital Heritage, Kenya
• Marie‑Cécile Zinsou – Founder & President, Ouidah Museum, Benin
• Meskerem Assegued – Co‑Founder & Director, Zoma Museum, Ethiopia
• Seun Oduwole – Co‑Founder & Director, Living Objects, Nigeria
• Oyindamola “Fakeye” Faithful – Executive Director, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos
• Ore Disu – Director, Museum of West African Art Institute, Nigeria
• El Hadji Malick Ndiaye – Head & Curator, Musée Théodore Monod, Senegal
• Kwame Akoto-Bamfo – Founder and Director Nkyinkyim Museum
• Desiree Dibasen Nanuses – Founder and Exective Director, The Curatorial Institute
• Lekgetho Makola – Chief Operations Officer, The Market Theatre Foundation
• Bongani Mgijima – Director, Stellenbosch University Museum, South Africa
• Makhosi Mahlangu – Founder, Sivalo Food Museum, Zimbabwe
• Silenkosi Moyo – Regional Director, National Gallery, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Sonia Lawson – Founding Director, Palais de Lomé, Togo
• Samba Yonga – Co‑Founder, Women’s History Museum of Zambia

What I Shared… What I Learned

In conversation and ceremony, I offered:

Leadership is not performance. It’s pulse.

Succession is not a checklist. It’s a sacred continuum.

Legacy isn’t memory, it’s living rhythm.

Yet my greatest gifts were what I received:

Collective leadership aligns and uplifts when listening balances teaching.

Succession thrives when cultural care meets institutional structure.

Diaspora–continent exchange seeds evolving ecosystems.

More Than Gathering – A Realignment

This assembly was a realignment, a recalibration of interconnected purpose and care.

My deepest gratitude to Charlotte Ashamu, Director of International Programs at Yale IPCH, and her stellar team, including Michaellah Bombata, Rehima Issa, and Angela Nzegwu for creating a space where culture, history, stewardship, and values take center stage. Additionally the other presenting guests were: Dr.

Jeanne Maddox Toungara, Regina Bain, Gana Ndiaye, Lydia Buthello, Anupam Sah, Mark Arunson, Sandara Aya Enimil, Kendall Francis,  and Mae-Ling Lokko.

Affirmation of the Month

“I am the seed, the soil, the branch, and the bloom.

I breathe with purpose. I give what I am built to offer.

Together, we rise—rooted, regenerative, radiant.”

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Peace and blessings,

Kwayera 

Renewal Strategist & Cultural Leadership Advocate.

Global Ase School of Conscientious Leadership
Brooklyn, New York 11217, USA