ENUMA OKORO

On the occasion a speaking engagement in Rome, Italy at the closed conference: The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination. May 25-27, 2023

Okoro conceived and hosted a salon evening on the power of image-making and photography in creating, challenging and reclaiming narratives of black womanhood. It was held at Fotografiska Museum New York on May 9, 2023.

Hosting a discussion on the power of image-making and photography in construing narratives of black womanhood.

The EurAfrican Forum July 2019, Portugal: “Towards a Partnership Between Equals: Europe and Africa”

July 2019. Speaking at the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal on the power of the arts in expanding social and political narratives and shifting culture.

Johannesburg, February 2020. In public dialogue for The Ford Foundation, with Kenya photographer Mutua Matheka, reflecting on how space and architecture can have an impact on identity.

February 2020, Marrakech. A literary panel with writers from Africa and the diaspora discussing themes of Home, Love, Language and Ghosts, for the Cultural Think Tank, AFREECULTURE

December 9, 2019. Speaking to the Emerging Leaders at the Atlantic Dialogues Conference in Marrakech on the power of story for social transformation. 43 different countries represented in this group of young professionals.

December 9, 2019, after an opening session with some of the Emerging Leaders at the Atlantic Dialogues Conference hosted by OCP Group and the Policy Center for the New South

Speaking at the Oxford University Africa Conference

Speaking at the IMARA Women’s Empowerment Conference in Marrakech

Speaking in Morocco at the Atlantic Dialogues with MSNBC journalist and news anchor, Richard Liu

Speaking on the topic of alternate narratives to migration and the African Diaspora

Speaking in Abuja, Nigeria on the power of story in branding for Tech companies

On Global Stereotypes of Women of Diverse Cultures and Understanding Difference as Gift

June 2019, New York City. Mentoring the next generation of female leaders at the Soledad O’Brien PowerHerful Foundation summit in partnership with Google NYC.

With fellow speaker Madeleine Albright at the 2018 Atlantic Dialogues Conference

speaking on the power intention at The Colored Girl Holistic Wellness event in NYC

Africa Day 2019, the United Nations HQ

Sept 4, 2021. In conversation with Tristram Hunt, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, on "Museums on Fire: The Challenges Facing Our Favorite Institutions." Kenwood House FT Weekend Festival.