The Form
By Daphné Mia Essiet I was 23 the first time I was asked to officially identify my race. The day I had to fill…
Narratives
An Afropean Relocation – Cool Receptions, Linguistic Plateau and Relational Epiphanies
The last Monday of October marked my first year anniversary in Strasbourg. As the date approached, I felt a vague dread. There’s the usual…
Election day – The Migrant’s Vote for Integration
By Zdena Mtetwa-Middernacht It is Election Day in Belgium. I am not voting but I’ve taken the walk to the polling station. The polling…
Looking B(l)ack Travel Symposium FULL programme (Zap Mama, Caryl Phillips LKJ & More) 19.10.18 – 21.10.18, Brussels
A weekend of talks and performances dedicated to the notion of Black Travel, curated by Johny Pitts, TV host and author of the forthcoming…
An Iberian Dichotomy
By Jacob Taylor-Mosquera As a Colombian raised in Seattle travelling the Iberian coast from Barcelona to Lisbon for the first time, Jacob Taylor-Mosquera…
National Identity, Citizenship, and Belonging: Afro-descendants in Spain and Catalonia – Eric
By Abena Wariebi The third excerpt from interviews taken from a Master’s thesis carried out by Abena Wariebi at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain….
The Individual and Collective Experiences of Afro-Spaniards
By Eric MB Barcelona resident Eric MB returns with further insight on the Afro-Spaniard/Afro-Catalan experience. Catalan – D’on ets? – De Madrid. – Ja,…
National Identity, Citizenship, and Belonging: Afro-descendants in Spain and Catalonia – Agnes
By Abena Wariebi The second excerpt from interviews taken from a Master’s thesis carried out by Abena Wariebi at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain….
National Identity, Citizenship, and Belonging: Afro-descendants in Spain and Catalonia – Gina
The following interviews are excerpts of full interviews taken from a Master’s thesis carried out by Abena Wariebi at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona,…
Diaspora Blues: on being black in Belgium and white in Ethiopia
By Melat Nigussie “E-thio-pia!” my five-year-old self shouts out when my classmates ask me where I come from. The word gently rolls off of my…