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…
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CHEZ MOI LOIN DE CHEZ MOI (Home Far From Home)
By Maria Baoli This project maps the African House (La Maison Africaine or Maisaf), nestled in the Brussels neighbourhood of Matongé, in between the…
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,…
Ewala – Afropean business of the month, October 2016
By Sinouhe Monteiro Ewala: The money transfer mobile app for the African diaspora. The Product: Built out of the desire of two young…
Black Skin, White Borders
By Zdena Mtetwa-Middernacht Once upon a time living in the world of the enlightened in my view meant adopting the rule to never use…
Ethno Tendance Fashion Weekend, Brussels, 10.10.14 – 12.10.14
AVIS AUX AFICIONADOS DE LA MODE MULTICULTURELLE ! Ethno Tendance Fashion Weekend Brussels c’est l’ expo-vente où shopper l’ ACCESSOIRE UNIQUE à ne pas…
Midnight Love: The Marvin Gaye Tour of Ostend, Belgium
Words & Photographs by Johny Pitts Even the Belgians I spoke to gave me strange looks. Why would anyone go out of their way…
Black and Belgian: Navigating Multiracial Identities in Ghent, Belgium
By Walter Thompson-Hernandez Introduction What does it mean to be Black and multiracial in Belgium? How does sub-Saharan African culture and experiences impact the…
Sunday Poem: ‘Half’ by Olivier Gbezera
Half white half black Half this half that Half shit half crap So this so what Half white half black Half right half…
Flanders to Rwanda: ‘Going Back To Where I Came From’, then Returning Home Again
I come out of two different places. One I know all too well, the West of Flanders. It’s a place known for incomprehensible dialects,…
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