The Modern Patron explains that culture is not decoration. It is infrastructure. It shapes identity, drives innovation, supports economies, and strengthens nations. From Hollywood to K pop to Afrobeats, the societies that invest in culture achieve global influence. Creativity becomes currency, art becomes work, and stories become engines of development.Patrons exist in many forms. Investors, governments, philanthropists, foundations, tech platforms, and audiences all play a part in...

Psychologies of Art Consumption: Why We See, Feel, and Buy Art in a Changing World is a groundbreaking exploration of how humans experience creativity. From music and fashion to film, visual art, and digital culture, this book reveals the psychological, emotional, cultural, and social forces that shape the way we consume art today.Why do certain songs move us?Why do we remember specific films forever?Why do we choose particular outfits, images, or creative styles?

Creative Futures examines how technology is reshaping creativity across the world. From bedroom producers in Lagos who create Afrobeats hits to digital artists in Africa who sell NFTs to global collectors, this book shows how AI, VR, AR, blockchain, streaming, and social media are expanding the possibilities of artistic expression.Art is no longer limited by geography, studios, galleries, or traditional gatekeepers. Creativity has become global, participatory, and accessible. Techn...

Art Beyond Borders explores the unstoppable movement of creativity across continents, anchored in African expression and amplified by global exchange. Art speaks before words, travels before people, and connects humanity through emotion and shared experience. From Nigerian rhythms that shaped global Afrobeats to Nollywood stories that resonate worldwide, creativity moves freely, carrying identity, memory, and meaning wherever it lands.Across history, art from many cultures...

We All Belong to the Stage is a vibrant celebration of the universal human desire to participate in art rather than simply watch it. From ancient drum circles to modern global festivals, and from Afrobeats to K pop and EDM, this book shows that art becomes powerful when people join in.Rhythm pulls us.Melody moves us.Culture gives us meaning.Whether in a Lagos street performance or a Seoul stadium, audiences respond in similar ways. We clap, sing, dance, and ...

Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa: Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities explores the changing dynamics of identities in Africa, with a focus on gender, ethno-cultural, and religious identity. Toyin Falola and Emmanuel M. Mbah argue that because identity defines who we are as individuals or groups, studies on African identities must focus on understanding the changing dynamics in the socio-economic and political spheres in the continent. These chapters cover subjects ...

NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Debut AuthorFeaturing 117 full-color photos and eight breathtaking essays on a force that fuels Black life all around the globe, this is Humans of New York meets The Black Book"A patchwork quilt of visually stunning images, captured moments of triumph, antidotes to trauma narratives and rich, ebullient emotional and verbal spice for the soul." – Michael W. Twitty, culinary...

New York Times BestsellerAn exciting--and encouraging--exploration of creativity from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect TimingThe future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.Drawing on research from around the wor...

**A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our li...

**A pioneering forecaster predicts the trends and technologies that will shape global culture and commerce in the next two decades—a must-read guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking for an edge.“In a world of half-baked hot takes, Marian Salzman is a true seer.”—Andrew Yang**A little more than twenty years ago, the Y2K computer glitch threatened to bring the global economy to its knees. But instead of overnight disruption, humankind slipped into two d...

Why attractive things work better—and other crucial insights into human-centered design.**“You'll never see housewares the same way again.”—**WiredEmotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products. Building on his seminal book The Design of...

**A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.**Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write th...