Lezing en debat

Rooted Practice: How Afrovibes Curates from the Soil Up by Jay Pather. Using an audio visual presentation of soundscape, video and images, Pather presents a proposal for a new grammar of curation and searches for ways to bridge gaps in how one takes care of ideas of social justice, of artists, real time art, thematic underpinnings and diverse audiences.

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The Shadow Scholars is a documentary film that explores Kenya's academic ghostwriter-for-hire industry, where highly educated but underemployed Kenyans write essays and theses for students worldwide. The film follows Professor Patricia Kingori, who investigates the global multi-billion dollar industry of academic ghostwriting, revealing the profound consequences for both the writers and the students who benefit from it. It raises critical questions about the integrity of education and the ethical implications of outsourcing academic work. We are proud to have Prof. Kingori as our Seminar speaker on 1 October!

Tens of thousands of civilians have likely been killed in the city of El Fasher, Darfur. The atrocities still continue. What can the Netherlands, Europe and other international actors do?

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In many African worldviews, the soil is not inert ground but a living site of memory, ancestral knowledge, and belonging. This panel asks how that understanding is carried and transmitted when land is lost, disrupted, or left behind—and proposes the body as one answer. The panel features Nadia Beugré, Yonela Makoba and Fatou Cissé and is moderated by Leil El Maslouhi.

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William Kentridge is een van de centrale figuren van de hedendaagse kunst in Zuid-Afrika. Hij was een van de medestanders van de bewegingen die streden tegen het apartheidsbeleid. Zijn animaties hekelden het segregatiebeleid van zijn land. Tijdens deze Franstalige lezing, die ondanks het thema toch een positieve ondertoon heeft, gaan we in op de discriminatie zoals die wordt ervaren door Zuid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, als Kendell Geers of Jane Alexander, of in de Verenigde Staten door Kara Walker, Theaster Gates of Glenn Ligon.

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Afrovibes 2026 asks what happens when people are separated from their origins—from the soil that carries their memory and identity. This panel extends that question into the domain of knowledge and artistic practice. The panel features Florent Mahoukou, Abdoulaye Trésor Konate, Jennifer Tosch and is moderated by Leil El Maslouhi.

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boekpresentatie van Dr. Tanja Hendriks’ nieuwe boek The State in Relief: Civil Servants and Disaster Governance in Malawi, uitgegeven door Hurst en het International African Institute.

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Conny Braam was mede-oprichter en jarenlang voorzitter van de Anti-Apartheidsbeweging in Nederland. Sinds haar debuut Operatie Vula uit 1992 heeft zij vele romans en verhalenbundels gepubliceerd. In haar nieuwe boek, Memoires van een activiste, schetst ze haar activistische carrière van 1968 tot nu. Wat dreef haar destijds in de jarenlange strijd tegen Zuid-Afrikaanse apartheid? Programmamaker Britt van Rossum gaat met haar in gesprek.

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A conversation with Ifrah F. Ahmed.
In Soomaaliya, New York Times contributor Ifrah Ahmed tells the story of Somalia through its history, food and people, tracing how spices and flavours carry the marks of centuries of movement and exchange.

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The Global South isn’t an emerging force in music. It’s already shaping the soundtrack of global culture. From Africa and the MENA region to Latin America, music ecosystems that have long driven creativity and innovation are increasingly influencing what the world listens to now and next. Yet while music travels effortlessly across borders, opportunity, investment and ownership don’t always move with it. With Phiona Okumu.

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Marking 30 years of the Prince Claus Fund, this panel explores what principled, trust-based support for artists from marginalised communities and conflict-affected contexts looks like in practice, and what's lost when that support disappears. Featuring Lady Donli, a Nigerian artist, cultural curator, and archivist whose work blends Afrobeat, soul, funk, rock, and alternative African music traditions into a sound that is fearless, fluid, and distinctly her own.

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This talk follows the frontline humanitarians who negotiate access with rebel groups in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, to foreground the work of local aid workers who are the backbone of humanitarian operations. Myfanwy James examines how global endeavours are built on the personal networks, knowledge and skills of local humanitarian workers who are rarely given credit.

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