An immersive treasure hunt built in Unreal Engine — a museum you play, where finding an artefact means learning whose hands it passed through.
Medium: Immersive VR/gaming experience built in Unreal Engine (treasure hunt game)
Partners: Milele Museum, Goethe-Institut — with representatives from Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda
What cannot be returned, must be reconceived.
( Project credits )
- Founding Creative DirectorCandaCanda is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and Founding Creative Director of Milele Museum.
- Founding Executive DirectorMelissa KurkutAs an artist, curator, and researcher, she approaches the world through her Rwandan-Kurdish heritage. She is the Founding Executive Director of Milele Museum.
- Digital artist and researcherBrian NjengaBrian Njenga is a digital artist and researcher from Nairobi, known for using 3D, XR, and gamedev to reconnect people with Kenya’s cultural heritage. He is the founder of Urban Gurus.
- Game programmerIan OkindaIan Okinda is a Kenyan video game programmer who builds games, interactive experiences, and platforms using Unreal Engine. He collaborates with artists and storytellers across Africa and beyond to create digital tools with social and cultural impact.
- Curator, Benin Kingdom exhibitChidiChidi is an artist, designer, and tech practitioner, and the founder of Looty, an AfroTech collective. He is the curator of the Benin Kingdom exhibit in the Milele Virtual Museum and continues to be part of our journey of growth and innovation.
- ProducerHadia EltomHadia Eltom is a multidisciplinary creative leader and producer with over 15 years of experience across media, culture, and technology. With Milele Museum, she honors the ancestral memory of the Kingdom of Kush amidst Sudan’s ongoing crisis.
- Facilitation and innovationAbdalsalam ElhajAbdalsalam’s work lies in the intersection of technology, arts and culture. He is the founder of Rift Digital Lab and works closely with Milele Museum in facilitation and innovation.
- Documentation and facilitationCompass Creative ProductionsA Sudanese audio-visual production company that started from their belief that art precedes reality. Creative Compass is Milele’s partner in documentation and facilitation.
