Jaiksana Jackson Soro

Originally from Yei, South Sudan, artist and media activist Jaiksana was forced to move to the Rhino Camp refugee settlement, Uganda in 2016. There he founded Platform Africa, a community-based organization engaged to reach young refugees through the power of media, education, and technology to foster equitable, informed and resilient societies. Formerly as a lead corresponden in r0g_agency’s #defyhatenow initiative Jaiksana has built a practice around social media literacy, trauma and hate speech mitigation, as well as training open hardware skills, having helped develop #ASKotec – the Access to Skills and Knowledge open tech emergency kit. In all his work, sound art and music are closely intertwined, with Jaiksana releasing a number of successful songs, videos and podcasts reflecting his peacebuilding mission. 

www.jaiksana.com/
www.platformafrica.ngo/