26.09. | 17:15-18:00 NADIA DENTON „Why the Best of the Nigerian Film Industry is Yet to Come!“ In this paper Nadia discusses the shape of the Nigerian film industry in the next 10 years drawing from the interviews compiled for her latest publication The Nigerian Filmmaker’s Guide to Success: Beyond Nollywood. Her talk will include…
25.09. | 19.30 – 27.09 | 22.00 ToR – Tales of Resilience a project by Time’s Up ToR Blog: http://talesofresilience.wordpress.com/ ToR traces individual, often unheard stories and anecdotes from people who move between different cultures and continents. People heading between their region of origin, their traditions, rites and other worlds. ToR documents and distributes their experiences, their…
27.09. | 18:30 – 20:00 An Afrofuturistic Short Film Showcase with OYA, ROBOTS OF BRIXTON, JONAH, DREXCIYA and PUMZI Filmstill © Drexcya __________________
26.09. | 16:00-16:45 JOHNNY PITTS „On Afropean Culture“ I spent five months traveling through Europe on trains, searching for an alternative side of the continent, not offered in the tourist literature of its cities. Mine was a search for ‚Afropea‘, the land of 2nd, 3rd and fourth generation children of immigrants, too indelibly connected…
26.09. | 21:45-22:15 Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda SKYPE Q&A (Questions & Answers) with the director after the screening of Juju Factory
26.09. | 15:00-15:45 SIMON INOU „Giving birth to fresh – the first Black Austrian Lifestyle Magazine“ Long time ago News concerning Black people from Africa and the Diaspora in Austrian Mainstream Media were reduced to depict us as victims of perpetrators. It means Black people are still in need of help and support and…
27.09 | 14:00 – 18:00 DANCE! Azonto – Coupé Decalé – African House – Mapouka – Makossa Come and dance with us, no registration necessary! Dance instructor: Cally’sboy (in case of bad weather the workshop will take place indoors) DANCE! is part of the event series “Be Yourself!“ („24h Afrika“) Organizer…
25.09. | 19.30 – 27.09 | 22.00 Be yourself – stay Black and Beautiful A project by Marie-Edwige Hartig for Jaapo The photo exhibition “Be yourself – stay Black and Beautiful” aims to create a new complementary beauty image, that frees itself from white supremacy and which promotes all types of beauty in media…
Saturday 27.09. | 15:00-15:45 BELINDA KAZEEM „Naming what was once Unnameable“ Experiences of being made “other” are part of growing up in the Diaspora, especially when there is a somewhat silent understanding of who is thought of as part of the nation and who is not. In the Austrian context people of color are not thought…
27.09. | 14:00-14:45 ABDALLAH SALISU “The Black Victim Complex And The White Savior Complex” What is positive racism? It is a form of patronization and condescension of victims of racism and white supremacy in a way that makes it impossible for them to neither free themselves completely nor break the structural and systemic operating norms….
