Meeting
of Minds
The Leading Exporter of African Narratives.
What's On
Highlight
Move, I Dare You Book Launch
7:00 pm
- 11:00 pm
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20 April 2024
Reference Point
Free Events
Human Rights and Reparations: In conversation with Professor Justin Hansford
A discussion on the work of the UN Permanent Forum of People of African Descent on Reparations
Arts & Culture
The Cult of Beauty
This major new exhibition explores notions of beauty across time and cultures
Arts & Culture
Entangled Pasts, 1768 – now: Art, Colonialism and Change
A conversation about art and its role in shaping narratives of empire, enslavement, resistance, abolition, and colonialism
Real Reads
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Who is the Prime Minister building a better future for?
Real Reads
Autograph presents: Amplify ‘Stranger in the Village’ Afro European Matters
interdisciplinary artists create new works, emphasising the experience Afrodiasporic communities in Europe, identity formations. migration and freedom of movement
Real Reads
SHE’S IN Ctrl: Dr Anne Marie Imafidon’s new Book on How Women Can Take Back Tech
An inspirational exploration of why women are under-represented in tech, why it matters, and what we can do about it
Real Reads
In conversation with Candy-Ellie Graham, founder of Cultural Style Week
A new global movement to encourage and empower people of all backgrounds to celebrate their unique cultural heritage through fashion, hair and beauty
Africa in Focus
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After 60 years, a new mental health bill makes the rounds
Africa in Focus
London’s biggest festival of African cinema, Film Africa, celebrates its 10th Edition
Themes covered include a mother’s love, belonging, sisterly bonds, migration, sexuality, gender, religion, repressed trauma and freedom struggles
Africa in Focus
Phaidon catalogues a continuum of African Artists from 1882 to today
A groundbreaking A-Z survey of the work of over 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Africa
Africa in Focus
Iwájú: Disney and Kugali to Collaborate on New Series
Described as a ‘love letter to Nigeria’, the long-form series is steeped in science fiction, and includes themes of class divide and inequality
Grad Zine
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Slay in Your Lane Authors, Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, Talk on New Children’s Book, The Offline Diaries
Grad Zine
DJ Kem Kem on Stanford University, the Need for Women-Focused Spaces in Music, and Working with Tems
“It’s exhausting but I know my worth”: Grad Zine talks with the multifaceted Nigerian creative, ahead of her next show in London, in March
Grad Zine
Precious Mustapha on Fate: The Winx Saga and Complex Black Characters
“I was hoping that they went for a dark-skinned girl for accurate representation like the cartoon. So, I was really happy when I got the role”
Grad Zine
13 Going on 30: The Parentification of Black Girls
From cooking, cleaning, studying and taking care of siblings, essentially being the ‘second mother’ or ‘third parent’. Parentified children become hyper-independent adults
My2Cents
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Urgent Plea: Save the MA in Black British Writing at Goldsmiths College!
Arts & Culture
Stormzy Launches The Third Year Of The #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize
The prize represents the heart of what #Merky does, publishing bold voices from untraditional spaces, and providing a platform and literary home for new talent
Cost of Living Crisis: £20,000 Funding Available via The Phoenix Way
Successful organisations will be working with young people or women and girls who are at risk
The White Man’s Burden
Just like the term ‘white saviour’ it is a critical description of a white person’s need and desire to liberate, rescue or uplift non-white people
Investigations
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Investigating the Causes and Consequences of South Africa’s July 2021 Riots
Investigations
Human Rights Abuses Still Persist Six Months on from Nigeria’s #EndSARS Movement
“I’ve been stopped, singled out for my hair, my short dress. They search my bags looking for condoms to arrest me for prostitution. It’s insane”.