SANKOFA
Innovation:Lab

Step into the world of SANKOFA: an immersive virtual reality theater experience. Travel through time and space together with the Vreden siblings Wanda, Gerald and Steven and confront ancestral history. This interactive experience challenges you to work together to unravel ancient mysteries in the African civilization of Bagadune.
SANKOFA is a journey of empowerment, understanding the past and creating a better future. Discover your strength and inner potential in this unique virtual reality experience that connects cultural richness and hope.
About the experience This experience invites you to discover Afro-futurist worlds and perspectives that have until now remained hidden from Western societies. Based on First Noble's literary work, “HIS STORY OF THE WORLD, L'HISTOIRE DU MONDE”, you will embark on a journey of empowerment and hope, where we must learn to understand the past to create a better future. “SANKOFA” symbolizes the importance of learning and respecting the lessons and experiences of the past.
Free Prototype experience Over the past few months, the Innovation:Lab has been developing this immersive VR experience in collaboration with First Noble. The experiences on December 12, 13 and 14 are a showing a prototype. This means that this is not a completely finished performance, but encourages further development. For this reason, the experience is free and there will also be room for a before and after discussion in which suggestions for possible improvements are welcome.
Credits
Creator, writer, creative director, actor as Gerald Vreden: Gerald Vreden
Creator, writer, creative director, actor as Steven Vreden: Steven Vreden
Art director/ Lead Artist: Hakeem Rafai
Live Actor, writer, performer as Ashanti Man: Linar Ogenia
Dancer, performer as Sanua: Mickado Charlotte Codrington
Actress as Wanda Vreden: Imanuelle Grives
Creative technologist: Daan Gijzen, Niels Weber
Composer & Audio Engineer: Martijn Weber
Composer: Marijn Nikerk
3D artist: Mattia Poderi, Julia Denise Franken
Poster design: Robin Bonk
Project by: Innovation:Lab Theater Utrecht and First Noble Institute
Inspired by the book: ‘HIS STORY OF THE WORLD, The First Creator' by Gerald Vreden