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…
Travel
In Liminal Space Part 2
Written by Nina Camara In Liminal Space is a series of interviews in which I want to highlight the experiences of people who have decided…
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….
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…
Border Crossings: Travelling Whilst White
Written by Nat Illumine Last month I set off on a work trip to Amsterdam with my co-editor Johny Pitts. We had been invited…
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…
An Iberian Dichotomy
By Jacob Taylor-Mosquera As a Colombian raised in Seattle travelling the Iberian coast from Barcelona to Lisbon for the first time, Jacob Taylor-Mosquera…
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…