Afrocentrism Conference 2019

10/28/2019

Relive the first day of Afrocentrism Conference 2019.
Photography by Michael Swanya and David Markwei

Special thank you to Yabome Gilpin-Jackson who started us off with an intention setting session and Kurai Mubaiwa awakening us with an amazing music performance.

Thank you to our talented day 1 workshop facilitators: Ayesha Faines, Cicely Blain, Luther Brown, Juliane Okot Bitek, Tobias Van Veen, Yabome Gilpin Jackson & Cedric Nwafor.

Relive the first day of Afrocentrism Conference 2019.
Photography by Michael Swanya and David Markwei

10/23/2019

Here is an inside look into the Closing Ceremony of Afrocentrism Conference 2019.

We were honoured to have Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o be an integral part of this conference as both an inspiring keynote speaker and a gracious supporter.
Below is a full video of Ngũgĩ’s keynote speech from the second evening of the conference at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, BC.

Special thank you to David Markwei Productions for capturing this moment.
Also thank you to everyone who joined us this evening and over the 2 days of the conference.

Enjoy!

09/26/2019

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09/26/2019

‘We’re here, and we want to be heard, and we’re part of the community.’

A group of UBC and SFU students spent the better part of this and last year organizing the 2019 Afrocentrism Conference: Decolonizing Academia. The conference was a two-day event that “seeks to subvert Western ways of knowing and learning and celebrate Black scholarship.”

09/19/2019

2 DAYS LEFT 🤩🙌🏾
Y'all ready for this!!!

09/19/2019

That’s a wrap on workshop tickets!!! 🙌🏾
See you all this weekend!

09/19/2019

🤩 See you on Sunday 🤩

09/19/2019

3 DAYS LEFT 🥳🤩
Til you get to meet our 3 amazing keynote speakers.

DAY1:
Opening Ceremony featuring Nnedi Okorafor
DAY2:
Morning Keynote Address by Ijeoma Umebinyuo
FREE Closing Ceremony featuring Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

09/13/2019

DAY 2: SFU Vancouver Campus
Sunday, September 22
Both the Closing Ceremony & workshops will be held at SFU Harbour Centre.

09/13/2019

CHANTAL GIBSON
“The Other James Baldwin”: Afrocentric Visual Art
Be introduced to some of the diverse creative practices of visual artists and writers who work at the intersection of text and image, manipulating black text on white space to illustrate and interrogate hegemonic structures and dismantle dominant colonial narratives.
Be prepared to get hands on!