Michalis Afolayan is an Athens-based multidisciplinary artist, actor, musician and cultural practitioner of Nigerian heritage. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of ANASA Cultural Centre, an independent organisation dedicated to African and Afrodiasporic arts, intercultural dialogue and community engagement. His practice spans theatre, performance, rhythm, storytelling and socially engaged cultural work, with a particular interest in questions of identity, migration, memory and belonging. For more than two decades, he has also been actively involved in cultural and human-rights initiatives supporting first- and second-generation communities in Greece.