Event Review: Révolution Rap: Une Histoire Africaine + Great Black Music
Written by Tola Ositelu Révolution Rap: Une Histoire Africaine? This autumn the Central Brussels hub Point Culture celebrates the transatlantic musical exchange that is…
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In Liminal Space Part 4
Written by Nina Camara In Liminal Space is a series of interviews focusing on the liminality of the mixed race experience and the ways…
Re-thinking Heart of Darkness: An Interview with Keicha Greenidge & Morgan Bailey
Heart of Darkness, co-stars Keicha Greenidge and Morgan Bailey, are in a playful disposition. They’ve reached the end of a nationwide UK tour of Imitating…
Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age, 25.5.19, Brussels
This May, WIELS (Centre for Contemporary Art in Brussels) will open a group exhibition named “Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age”. This exhibition…
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…
LOOKING B(L)ACK SYMPOSIUM – TRAVEL AS GAZE REVERSAL, Brussels, Oct 19th-20th 2018
Inspired by the Harlem Renaissance, this October Afropean hosts a Weekend at Bozar, Brussels Dedicated to the notion of Black Travel. Featuring live performances…
Nollywood Movie-“The Wedding Party 2” to be released at Kinepolis Belgium
In December 2016, The Elfike Film Collective stormed Nigerian cinemas with The Wedding Party 1. The movie was a surprise hit and broke all box office…
Afropolitan Festival: The Black ARTlantic, Brussels 23.02.18 – 25.02.18
Three days dedicated to Afropolitan art, creativity and thought, on the theme “Black Artlantic”. The programming of the festival, and February as a whole,…
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…