Talking Heads (Africa) was introduced in Cape Town in 2008 as part of the Infecting the City public art festival.

Talking Heads is designed to identify, showcase, network and expose Africa's “Thought Leaders” as a way of both developing and depicting ideas as well as opening a window into an alternative reality outside the commonly held notions of continental collapse.

This is a reality that showcases what is extraordinary about the people in Africa, their visions and current manifestations that are solving problems and making a meaningful and affirmative contribution to their communities, cities, countries, continent and the world.

In practice Talking Heads constructs as a public event where ticket holders have an intimate 20 minute conversation with four different experts.

Talking Heads creates an online archive of the participants which includes a small bio and video/audio cast about the experts particular fields of knowledge.