Beyond Black History Month - Afrikan History Season Event
Join us in this Beyond Black History Month - Afrikan History Season Event celebrating and exploring Thomas Sankara's dynamic contribution to a revolutionary-decolonial Pan-Africanism which seeks to move beyond patriarchal models of liberation.
Saturday 25th October 2025, 4pm - 10pm
Fusion Arts, 15 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HH
FREE to attend, please book here
𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗟E
4pm-5pm: 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘅𝘆
Interactive workshop celebrating African astronomy for ages 11 to 110!
Hosted by 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀, writer, community astronomer and director of African School
𝟱𝗽𝗺-𝟳.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Chaired by:
𝗧𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗹𝗲, British-Zimbabwean historian and scholar of the “Mfecane,” whose work revisits the immediate pre-colonial period of African history from a decolonial lens using oral testimony to reclaim the period from stereotyped Eurocentric interpretations.
Speakers:
𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘆, African-Jamaican Professor of Human Geography at Oxford University and contemporary of legendary pan-African thinker Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, who has contributed a chapter on Sankara and Abdul-Raheem to 𝘈 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢.
𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘆, feminist decolonial geographer and editor of 𝘈 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢.
𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻, which aims to transform education in service to the liberation of our communities and our people. Their fund provides resources for communities of resistance to develop knowledge through struggle, including a grassroots community centre in Burkina Faso.
𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗺𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗲, author and community organiser with decades of experience working and educating our communities from a socialist and pan-Afrikan perspective. He is the author of several books including Pan-Afrikanism: The Battlefront; Afrikan People Abolished the Slave Trade and Drug Economy: An Attack on Afrikan Youth.
Followed by breakout discussion groups facilitated by local autonomous youth group 𝗔𝗥𝗢 𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝘆
𝟳.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺-𝟴𝗽𝗺: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹
Free/ donation (suggested donation £5)
Vegan/ gluten-free options provided
𝟴-𝟴.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 𝗕𝗼𝘇𝗮 - 𝗟’𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
Extracts from Femi Nylander’s new film documenting his journey from the UK to Morocco on an electric unicycle, connecting with those who risk their lives to get to Europe.
Presented by 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶 𝗡𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, Poet, actor, filmmaker and musician
𝟴.𝟯𝟬-𝟵.𝟯𝟬: 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀
Featuring:
𝗦𝘁𝗮’𝗦𝗮𝘅, dub reggae saxophonist from Martinique
𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗼, Poet
𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗮, Nigerian-born rapper, songwriter and drummer
𝟰𝗽𝗺 - 𝟴.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲
Supported by:
Oxford Community Action
ARO Cowley
African School
Fusion Arts
Unlocking the Chains Collective
PRALER
Oxfordshire Community Education Group
Afrikan/ Afrikan-Caribbean Kultural Heritage Initiative
