Sade @ 60: Reflections on an Afropean Icon
Written by Tola Ositelu I have been told more than once that I have a freakishly good long term memory. It is thus a…
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BMT Presents The Songbook
FALL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC ALL OVER AGAIN £15 EARLY BIRD OFFER Date: Thursday, 24th January 2019 Time: 8.30pm – 12.30am Address: 7 Manor House Drive, London, NW6…
Bass Culture 70/50: The UK’s largest Jamaican music exhibition highlights Windrush’s impact on Britain
Bass Culture 70/50 is a four-week exhibition exploring the impact of Jamaican and Jamaican-influenced music on British culture, taking place in London from 25…
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…
“I Cope with the Monsters by Making Fun of Them”: An Interview with Daliso Chaponda
Malawian comic Daliso Chaponda effuses good cheer. Even the timbre of his distinctive speaking voice rings with bonhomie. Few can boast of that.It comes…
Race Matters Blog Call for Papers
Do you have a passion for race equality and want to write about it? Why not write for Britain’s number one race equality thinktank?…
International Reggae Day 2018, London – 1/7/2018
Started in 1994 by Kingston, Jamaica-based Jamaica Arts Holdings, IRD is the annual 24-hour global celebration of Jamaican music and culture on July One….
ALBUM REVIEW: A WORK OF HEART – TY (JAZZ REFRESHED)
Written by Andrew Kay TY is probably one of the best-known British rappers, having cultivated an international reputation for quality rhymes over rich, dense and…
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….
Ayok’a – Afropean Business of The Month, November 2017
By Alice Gbelia Cool art. Printed your way. AYOK’A Meaning ‘welcome’ in a native language of the Ivory Coast, Ayok’a is a new platform…