Cristina Roldão is a sociologist, researcher at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and professor at the Setúbal School of Education (ESE/IPS) where, since 2019, she has co-coordinated the ESE/IPS Roadmap for Anti-Racist Education. She has actively participated in the academic and public debate on racism and blackness in Portuguese society, among others as a columnist for the newspaper Público (2022-2024).

She was a member of the organizing committee of the 7th Afroeuropeans Conference (Lisbon, 2019) and of the scientific committee of the 8th Afroeuropeans Conference (Brussels, 2022). She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic (CBESA, Carnegie Mellon University, 2023) and the Advisory Board of HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística. Cristina Roldão was a member of the Working Groups on the National Plan to Combat Racism (2021/22) and on the Collection of Ethnic-Racial Data in the 2021 Census (2018/19) in Portugal. She is co-editor of the publication commemorating the 110th anniversary of the newspaper “O Negro” (Lisbon, 2021) and co-author of the book Tribuna Negra: Origins of the Black Movement in Portugal (1911-1933).

XEXA is a multidisciplinary Afro-futurist artist with São Tomense ancestry. She has degrees in Jewellery from António Arroio , Lisbon and Sonic Arts from Guildhall School Of Music and Drama , London , her work reflects the exploration of sounds, making a hybrid of traditional African rhythms with synthesizers, sound design, and vocals. XEXA is a producer, composer, singer, sound designer and surround sound engineer who illustrates a unique sonic palette.

She has presented her music in festivals and venues around Europe such as Festival Iminente, ZDB, Berghain Halle, Sónar Festival Lisbon, Nuits Sonores Brussels, Festival Semibreve Braga, Café OTO London, The White Hotel, Milan Design Week, among others.

She has been commissioned to produce music pieces for the British Music Library, CMMAS, Lagos Art Biennale, Gnration, Culturgest and Lisbon Fashion Week.

XEXA self-released her mixtape Calendário Sonoro in 2021. Her first album Vibrações de Prata was released under the Portuguese record label Principe Discos in October 2023.

Zia Soares is a theatre director and actress. In her work, which is developed between Africa and Europe, she obsessively experiments with the construction of new dramaturgies rooted in the poetics of divergent oralities and (in)corporalities, where the verb is a manifestation of images – images that incarnate, that neither imitate nor reproduce, instead they act.

Of her most recent stagings, stand out The laughter of the scavengers, authored by her, co-produced by Teatro GRIOT and Culturgest, which was distinguished as ´Best Show 2021/22´ within the scope of the Premio Internazionale Teresa Pamodoro (Milan, Italy); FANUN RUIN, authored by her, co-produced by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Sowing_arts; and Pearl without a girl, directed by Zia Soares, text by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, co-produced by Sowing_arts, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and apap – FEMINIST FUTURES.

Cristina Roldão é socióloga, investigadora do Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa e docente da Escola Superior de Educação de Setúbal (ESE/IPS) onde, desde 2019, co-coordena o Roteiro para uma Educação Antirracista da ESE/IPS. Tem participado ativamente no debate académico e público sobre o racismo e a negritude na sociedade portuguesa, entre outros enquanto cronista do jornal Público (2022-2024).

Foi membro da comissão organizadora da 7ª Conferência Afroeuropeans (Lisboa, 2019) e da comissão científica da 8ª Conferência Afroeuropeans (Bruxelas, 2022). É parte do Steering Committee do Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic (CBESA, Carnegie Mellon University, 2023) e do Advisory Board do HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística. Cristina Roldão foi membro dos Grupos de Trabalho sobre o Plano Nacional de Combate ao Racismo (2021/22) e sobre a Recolha de Dados Étnico-raciais nos Censos 2021 (2018/19). É co-editora da publicação comemorativa dos 110 anos do jornal “O Negro” (Lisboa, 2021) e co-autora do livro Tribuna Negra: Origens do Movimento Negro em Portugal (1911-1933).

XEXA é um artista multidisciplinar afro-futurista com ascendência de São Tomé e Príncipe.

Tem diplomas em Ourivesaria pela António Arroio, Lisboa e Artes do Som pela Guildhall School of Music and Drama em Londres. O seu trabalho reflete a exploração de sons, fazendo um híbrido de ritmos tradicionais africanos com sintetizadores, sound design e voz.

XEXA is a multidisciplinary Afro-futurist artist with Santomense ancestry. She has degrees in Jewellery from António Arroio (Lisbon) and Sonic Arts from Guildhall School Of Music and Drama (London), her work reflects the exploration of sounds, making a hybrid of traditional African rhythms with synthesizers, sound design, and vocals. XEXA is a producer, composer, singer, sound designer, and surround sound engineer who illustrates a unique sonic palette.

She has presented her music in festivals and venues around Europe such as Festival Iminente, ZDB, Berghain Halle, Sónar Festival Lisbon, Nuits Sonores Brussels, Festival Semibreve Braga, Café OTO London, The White Hotel, Milan Design Week, among others.

She has been commissioned to produce music pieces for the British Music Library, CMMAS, Lagos Art Biennale, Gnration, Culturgest, and Lisbon Fashion Week.

XEXA self-released her mixtape Calendário Sonoro in 2021. Her first album Vibrações de Prata was released under the Portuguese record label Principe Discos in October 2023.

Zia Soares is a theatre director and actress. In her work, which is developed between Africa and Europe, she obsessively experiments with the construction of new dramaturgies rooted in the poetics of divergent oralities and (in)corporalities, where the verb is a manifestation of images – images that incarnate, that neither imitate nor reproduce, instead they act.

Of her most recent stagings, stand out The Laughter of the Scavengers, authored by her, and co-produced by Teatro GRIOT and Culturgest, which was distinguished as ´Best Show 2021/22´ within the scope of the Premio Internazionale Teresa Pamodoro (Milan, Italy); FANUN RUIN, authored by her, co-produced by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Sowing_arts; and Pearl without a Girl, directed by Zia Soares, text by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, co-produced by Sowing_arts, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and apap – FEMINIST FUTURES.