TEDxPorto 2025 presents Emeka Okereke

Transcending the Illusion of Borders & Separation

On March 29th, I joined a lineup of leaders in various fields to speak at this year's TEDxPorto in Portugal. The theme of this year's event is 'The Big Question.'

In the 21st century, we are at a crossroads of a volatile negotiation between the past and the present. The geopolitics of the world is being reconfigured, and the ground is shifting under our feet. As the world pushes to break through the constriction of borders and Otherness towards a planetary all-centeredness, how might we articulate new ways of being—new logics and embodied practices—that allow for acknowledging and becoming conversant with the Wealth of Difference that pervades reality and undergirds all forms of relationships?

Drawing from over a decade of artistic and transdisciplinary work with the Invisible Borders Trans-African Project, this talk challenges conventional notions of borders—not just as geopolitical boundaries but as constructs that shape our perceptions of identity, belonging and, ultimately, how we see each other. Through storytelling, artistic interventions, and lived experience, Emeka Okereke explores how movement—whether physical, intellectual, or artistic—can be a method for reimagining togetherness in an increasingly fragmented world. How can we cultivate new ways of being that embrace difference rather than seek to restrict or trap it in conformity?

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Cick on this line to watch the full presentation


 - Emeka Okereke at TEDx Porto 2025
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