BAAM Book Release Events
A Reading. A Conversation. A Shared Inquiry.
BAAM gatherings are opportunities to be in conversation with each other as artists, creators and cultural architects.
Each gathering begins with a welcome. The host introduces Olubode, and a brief passage from the book opens the evening’s question. Olubode then interviews two or three local artists, exploring their work through the manifesto’s ideas, before the conversation widens and the room responds with its own inquiry. A brief breathing or reflective experience brings everyone back together. The encounter continues afterward, with signing, artifact acquisition and time to meet one another.
Book Tour 2026–2027
With the artist Olubode
Nigeria
November 2026
Benin
January 2027
Ghana
February 2027
Paris
Spring 2027
London
Spring 2027
Côte d’Ivoire
April 2027
Jamaica
May 2027
New York City
June 2027
Readings Performance and Conversation
Full dates and venues to be announced.
An Invitation to Collaborate
Producers
Introduce the book to your audience through an interview or recorded conversation with Olubode.
Hosts
Convene a gathering. Help shape the venue, local invitation and conversation with your community.
Guests & Interviewees
Bring your experience of making art. Share what the book opens, challenges or leaves unresolved.
Our Collective Thriving
What a Gathering Can Begin
Artists recognizing one another, sharing a language and circulating the first artifacts through relationships.
What We Hope Will Continue
Further inquiry and practice together. Exchanges of financial, relational and cultural value that sustain the work.
A Gathering Begins with an Invitation
Host a conversation.
Introduce the book to your audience.
Bring your practice and your questions.
EARTH is home, belonging, safety, the container that holds memory, ritual, symbol, culture and community.
What Holds Us ~ Why Black Africanity Matters