1. A dip into New York Ball Culture As part of the exhibition The Harlem Fantasy ’82, Bozar offers a talk with its curators. Ballroom Pioneer Diamond Kevin …
5 reasons to experience the Afropolitan Festival 2023
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Afropolitan Weekend
In light of the current coronavirus restrictions, the fifth edition of the Afropolitan Festival will not take place this year and will be postponed to …
Literature Talk: Poets from Black Europe
With Radna Fabias (NL), Ubah Cristina Ali Farah (IT), Raquel Lima (PT), Fiston Mwanza Mujila (AT) & Roger Robinson (U.K.) An evening of poetry which …
Paschasie Ganga- European Women’s Lobby
Paschasie Ganga is the Finance and Administration Director Paschasie Ganga is European Women’s Lobby’s Finance and Administration Director. Her role is to lead and manage …
A festive and committed Afropolitan Weekend: film, dance, debates and slam and DJ performances
A festive and engaged programme in the sign of film, dance, debates, slam, and DJ performances 9 → 11 July ’21 The annual Afropolitan Festival …
Own 2021: Renata’s Afro Fusion Cuisine
I met Renata in Brussels what feels like a lifetime ago during the Jazz Festival. She was this fabulous bartender at a hotel right in …
Rosemary Dede – Powerful Women
Rosemary Dede was born in Germany and grew up in Belgium. In 2013, she decided to move to Ghana to work and discover my roots. She has …
The Power of a Morning Routine: LET’S DO US! Workshop May 14
You are invited to join the first workshop in the LET’S DO US! series created by Black Women in Europe (®) to be a part …
Renata’s Afrofusion Cuisine
I love Renata! We met in Brussels and she’s part of the reason I thought I could live there. And I did for 4 years, …
Introducing Hazel Halle
I study and work in the architectural field and I’ve just transitioned station from Cape Town to Brussels to join my partner. I’ve created music …
BOZAR : 4th edition of the Afropolitan Festival, 28.02-1.03.2020
AFROPOLITAN FESTIVAL HEROES AND HEROINES. For its fourth edition, the AFROPOLITAN FESTIVAL invites artists and the public to celebrate their heroines and heroes. Musicians as …
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO in Antwerp
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO “SINGS” WITH THE ANTWERP SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Angelica Kidjo © Sonia and Mauro Antwerp Symphony Orchestra – Gast Waltzing direction – Angélique Kidjo singing Angélique Kidjo has delighted music …
Assita Kanko – Power Woman
Politics: Belgium Member of European ParliamentNew Flemish AllianceEuropean Conservatives & Reformists Group “In addition to my political career at N-VA and my life as a …
SYMPOSIUM: RACE, POWER & CULTURE, A CRITICAL LOOK AT BELGIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
22-24 May 2019What about diversity in Belgian cultural institutions? Over the course of three evenings, the symposium ‘Race, power and culture’ examines the racial …
LOOKING B(L)ACK SYMPOSIUM
19 OCTOBER ’18 & 20 OCTOBER ’18 LOOKING B(L)ACK SYMPOSIUM TRAVELS AS GAZE REVERSAL Bernardine Evaristo © Marlon James of Trinidad BERNARDINE EVARISTO Bernardine Evaristo is …
Amandine Gay and others Speak Up about La Vérité
Amandine Gay’s documentary “Ouvrir la Voix” confronts a political and historical paradox: the illusion of color blindness that’s central to the French national self-image. OUVRIR …
Who is Assita Kanko?
Well, for starters… She is the founder of Polin, a political incubator. She is an author. Dutch version French version Dutch version French version …
An analysis of the current decadence of the West and of the redeeming role that Africa could play alongside the Old Continent
L’OCCIDENT AMBIGU WITH HAMIDOU SALL, JEAN BOFANE, ELIZABETH TCHOUNGUI, LILIAN THURAM An analysis of the current decadence of the West and of the redeeming role …
AFROPOLITAN FESTIVAL 2017 Brussels 3-5 February
Omar Victor Diop, Pedro Camejo, 2015, Série Diaspora © Omar Victor Diop, Courtesy Galerie MAGNIN A, Paris The Afropolitan Festival is three days of exceptional programming …
La Noire de… d’Ousmane Sembène
La Noire de… d’Ousmane Sembène Le 1er octobre, BOZAR CINEMA présente La Noire de… d’Ousmane Sembène. Dans ce film datant de 1966, le réalisateur sénégalais explore …
Women of African Descent in the Resistence
All About Angel Kaba
Hat tip Women of the African Diaspora Angel Kaba is a multi-talented creative in Belgium. Here’s what she can do: Artistic & Creative Director Overall …
A tale of two cities: Bruges and Ghent
In the 11th article in our “Inside View” series Madalena Pedro Miala recounts growing up in Belgium. Not so very long ago a video of …