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…
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Film Review: Les Miserables
Audacious, powerful debut blends Afro symbolism with classic film language, provoking challenging questions about human social organisation. Written by Tom Pointon *Warning: The penultimate…
AFROPEANS IN RURAL EUROPE
By Miles Andrew Standing atop a nearby hill, with a ruined medieval watch-tower at our backs, we look over the red and silver…
The Form
By Daphné Mia Essiet I was 23 the first time I was asked to officially identify my race. The day I had to fill…
An Afropean Relocation – Cool Receptions, Linguistic Plateau and Relational Epiphanies
The last Monday of October marked my first year anniversary in Strasbourg. As the date approached, I felt a vague dread. There’s the usual…
The Saga of the Suez Canal @ The Arab World Institute, Paris
Forty centuries have passed since Pharaoh Sesostris III had the first canal built linking the major bodies of water in and around Egypt. Since…
“Moonlight” at Le Café de la Danse, Paris – 3rd February 2018 at 8pm
Could you imagine a world without any toxic lights, without electric energy, a world where the human being would only have fire or storm…
Event Review – ‘Arab Christianity: 2000 Years of History’ at The Arab World Institute (IMA), Paris
Long before the Middle-East and North African (MENA) region became synonymous with Islamic culture, a rich and deep-rooted Christian heritage has been in existence….
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…
Ayok’a Deco – Making Black Art Available
Meaning ‘welcome’ in a native language of the Ivory Coast, Ayok’a is a new platform designed to make the work of black artists available…