Akubo: The Town Cryer
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$91 displayed raised · 8 fund applications (1 curated · 1 funded) · 3 seasons · best rank #960 in Season 7
telling African history and amplifying native intelligence!
ActivismAdventureAfricanArtPerformance Art arts-mediacommunity-economyculture-identityeducationmusic-performanceafrica
Project details match catalog
About
I want to reposition myself to grow again and expand in the things i have been able to accomplish in the last 2 decades, I am interested in achieving this goal through further learning/research, making dance pieces, organising in the community,
Impact
My project will help Kaduna become a more peaceful, vibrant and creative place. By bringing people together to share stories and cultures, We'll build a stronger community where people will learn from each other, feel more connected to their heritage
Progress
I have extensive experience organizing successful arts and cultural events in Kaduna. This includes the Duniate Culture international festival and Kaduna Performance festival, which attracted 5000 attendees and featured participants globally.
Team
My two decades experience in project development, management, and community engagement, combined with my dedication to building a thriving arts and cultural scene in northern Nigeria speaks for my unique position to achieve set goals.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | $150 | $0 | $150 | $150 | $300 | $0 | $211 | $361 | 0.0x | 1.0x | 2.4x | $0 | — |
| Season 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
| Season 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $91 | — |
| Total | $150 | $0 | $150 | $150 | $300 | $0 | $231 | $381 | — | — | — | $91 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | Artizen Fund for Human Creativity | submitted | 2025-02-27 |
| Season 5 | Plato Fund for Local Flavor | submitted | 2025-03-03 |
| Season 5 | Clear Mind: Music + Mental Health Fund | submitted | 2025-05-20 |
| Season 5 | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna | funded | 2025-05-05 |
| Season 5 | Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing | submitted | 2025-04-16 |
| Season 5 | Motherland Fund for Rising Voices | submitted | 2025-05-05 |
| Season 5 | deZine Fund for DIY Creators & Print Media Rebels | submitted | 2025-05-05 |
| Season 7 | Radical Movers Fund for Contact Improv | curated | 2026-07-21 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Platform page (offline): https://artizen.fund/index/p/akubo-the-town-cryer
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/akubo-the-town-cryer
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing, Motherland Fund for Rising Voices +3 | $563 |
| 2. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing, Motherland Fund for Rising Voices +2 | $14,777 |
| 3. | Labour Union of Higherdimensional Shapeshifters Collaborative transmedia experience (interactive movie) inviting Artizen community to rea… | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing, Motherland Fund for Rising Voices +2 | $360 |
| 4. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing, Motherland Fund for Rising Voices, Clear Mind: Music + Mental Health Fund +2 | $234 |
| 5. | ZuAfrique where global builders and African innovators unite to create a new era of trust, ownershi… | Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing, Motherland Fund for Rising Voices, Radical Movers Fund for Contact Improv +1 | $111,330 |
| 6. | EncompassWell holistic wellness hub on owned land; health, art & sustainability | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Artizen Fund for Human Creativity, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing +1 | $13,033 |
| 7. | RooTed A transformative boy child empowerment project dedicated for healing, nurturing dreams, t… | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Artizen Fund for Human Creativity, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing +1 | $8,986 |
| 8. | Regenerative Ecosystem A musical ecosystem fusing Azerbaijani Mugham and Melodic Techno to fund global reforesta… | Artists Village Fund for Creative Resilience in Kaduna, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing, Motherland Fund for Rising Voices +1 | $2,683 |
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