BABYLON – FORTY YEARS ON
Written by Tom Pointon In 2010 I ran a one-day workshop at Gloucester Guildhall Arts Centre entitled ‘Introduction to Black British Film’. Participants explored…
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In Preliminal Space: Notes Before Leaving Home
Written by Oliver Taylor Nina Camara has a fascinating series featured on Afropean, called Liminal Space. At the centre of Nina’s interviews with other Afropeans…
Food as Education: An Interview with Gilles Dolatabadi
Written by Tola Ositelu If anyone embodies what it means to be Afropean it’s Strasbourg-based restaurateur, Gilles Dolatabadi. A polyglot of Togolese, Iranian and…
Black: The Literary Salon – 27/2/20, 28/5/20, 24/9/20, London
Cassava Republic Press (the first African publishing house in the UK) and brand communications agency A + F have joined forces to bring…
In Liminal Space Part 1
Written by Nina Camara Though the face of Europe may be constantly changing, on a social level that change is often not fast enough….
Far From The Norm presents BLKDOG – UK tour
Co-produced by Far From The Norm and Sadler’s Wells, BLKDOG tours the UK in spring 2020 with performances at Sadler’s Wells on 15 & 16 October…
Prête-moi ton rêve (Lend Me Your Dream) Traveling Pan African Exhibition
Date: December 6th 2019 – January 28th 2020 Location: Musée des Civilizations Noires in Dakar. Hosted by: Yacouba Konate and Brahim Alaoui and the…
The Makers – Africa Utopia
By Marthe Van Der Wolf East Africa has a thriving events sector with unique festivals taking root and flourishing across the region, and the…
African-European Narratives Storytelling: Call for Submissions
African-European Narratives is a storytelling project that addresses the interplay of African and European cultures, widely present in contemporary European societies, rooted in the…
Lugha ya Mama – The Language of Mothers
Lugha ya Mama means the language of mothers in Kiswahili. This short film, created by Mary Nyambura, explores motherhood through the wisdom…