The PASSAGES Series Pt. 1: Existing Beyond Trump’s America
Growing up in the United States taught both Imani Ballard and Kayshon Paris one thing – the way you look not only shapes society’s…
Travel
Life in The Hinterlands; Growing up Gay & Mixed Race on The Isle of White
By Ashley Thomas Life as a mixed gay man seems a singular experience. Who, what and where are the fluid foundations on which I’m constructed, construed and constrained. To some I am black but not Black, clearly not white or not Black enough. To others, I am an undecided shade of, well, I…
Melilla: Europe in Africa
By Ella Daniels Afropean’s Ella Daniels reports from the ground in Melilla, a Spanish outpost in Morocco, where the racialized reality shows the stark…
The Afropolitan Festival, 03.02.17- 05.02.17, Brussels
The Afropolitan Festival is three days of exceptional programming dedicated to Afropolitan art, creativity and state of mind, presented by BOZAR and its partners,…
Call for Papers Afroeuropeans: Black Cultures and Identities in Europe, Tampere, Finland, 6-8 July 2017
Call for Papers Afroeuropeans: Black Cultures and Identities in Europe Sixth biennial network conference, University of Tampere, Finland, 6 – 8 July 2017 DEADLINE FOR ONLINE-SUBMISSIONS…
“VIVRE !” La collection agnès b. au Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, 18.10.16 – 08.01.17
Du 18 octobre 2016 au 8 janvier 2017, la collection agnès b. investit le Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration pour un dialogue inédit…
The Future of Afropeans, Fashion Cities African Arts Fest, 28.10.16- 30.10.16, Brighton
Johny Pitts, Co-founder of Afropean.com, will be giving a talk entitled ‘The Future of Afropeans’ and engaging in a Q & A with author…
Looking B(l)ack Travel Symposium 2018 – highlights
The dust has settled and the buzz has finally faded – or rather it has dispersed into and energised other projects – so it…
THE AFROPEAN NARRATIVES 1600 – 2066, 15.07.16, V & A London
THE AFROPEAN NARRATIVES 1600 – 2066 Friday 15 JULY 2016, 18.00 – 21.45 A night of music, spoken word, talks, gallery tours, hands-on workshops,…
Notes of An African American Intern in Europe: Part 2
In her second diary entry, Afropean’s intern Imani Ballard reflects on the Colonial power on display in some of Europe’s cultural spaces, and grapples…