Every year, the month of May is widely recognised as Africa month, a time when the world, particularly Africa and its global diaspora, commemorates the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU). The Africa Centre's planned activities for Africa Month include a series of online events titled: ‘Food For Thought: Surveying the African Culinary Scene in the UK’. The four-part...
The Africa Centre has a series of events planned for May, Africa Month. The four-part series titled: ‘Food For Thought: Surveying the African Culinary Scene in the UK’ looks at today’s African and diasporic culinary landscape and features panel discussions, cooking demos, and cultural performances from a broad and exciting line-up of guests and speakers that span the British hospitality industry and cultural spheres. The series...
Despite repeated calls to reform and diversify the school curriculum, the government does not appear to be moving quickly enough. So we have seen a number of groups and individuals within Black communities rising up to create their own platforms and spaces to supplement children's education. This is actually nothing new. supplementary schools which operated mainly on Saturdays were a common feature in Black neighbourhoods...
Join award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo in conversation for this virtual event, as she explores the inspiration behind her new novel, and discusses its themes of family, history, race, and memory. Sankofa is the funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew. Anna grew up in England with her white mother and...
After more than a year of not being able to gather, we are pleased to announce the return of our summer market, this time in partnership with Open The Gate. This is one of a number of pop-up market events that we have planned over the coming weeks and months, we'll be working with a number of exciting partners. One of our ambitions is for...
We are very excited to announce an upcoming international online conference and hackathon for sustainable development in Africa from 21 - 23 July 2021. This is brought to you in partnership with Learning Connected and will feature a number of incredibly talented innovators from across the continent. Africa Innovate is a free virtual conference and hackathon offering a diverse programme of engagement between students (aged...
A virtual conversation with award-winning Kenyan writer, Mükoma Wa Ngügï plus a live performance of live Ethiopian Tizita music. Unbury our Dead With Song is a novel about four talented Ethiopian musicians – The Diva, The Corporal, the Taliban Man, and Miriam, who are competing to see who can sing the best Tizita (popularly referred to as Ethiopian blues). Taking place in an illegal boxing...
This discussion seeks to unpack the state of the Pan-African movement in 2021 and beyond, specifically from a diaspora perspective. Are the founding principles still relevant to the current generation, does it need to be redefined and who are the leaders of the new school? We'll try to find answers to some of these questions and explore key actions that are necessary to ensure that...
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