Global Citizen’s Emerging Creatives Program provides a platform for emerging creatives in the Global South that are highlighting the need for open civic space worldwide. Through their art, they call for change, shine a light on social injustices, and advocate for the advancement of the Global Goals.
SEPTEMBER 2026
FEATURED CREATIVE
Panashe Mafoti
ZIMBABWE
This month, the Emerging Creatives Program creative is Zimbabwean artist Panashe Mafoti.
Mafoti brings found materials and second-hand clothing into wearable art, sculpture, and installation, shifting them into forms that prompt questions about memory, consumption and who gets to define African creativity.
Mafoti’s work sits between fashion and art, beauty and waste, the past, and possible futures. “I don't want to simply participate in existing conversations about African creativity. I want to help expand them.”