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Afrotopia: Virtual Welcome Party
Join us for the Ijeruka Virtual Welcome Party, a vibrant celebration to kickstart our collective journey into Afrotopia. Come connect with other members of our incredible, global community, meet some of the brilliant minds behind Ijeruka, and take some time to reflect and set intentions together.
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Building Intimate Communities
This 3-week online study is a multi-dimensional exploration of African indigenous philosophies on intimacy, kinship and community. Learners will be immersed into West African Dagara philosophy, belief systems and frame of being to learn about ancestral ways of seeing, apprehending and cultivating intimacy with life, spirit, the self and our community, human and non-human.
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Becoming a Cultural Architect
Your cultural background can be your superpower in life and work! Learn how culture shapes our collective reality and how to leverage the unique cultural assets of your community to be an architect of change.
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Designing Africa and the Diaspora
POPULAR COURSE: Every aspect of our world is designed, but who are the designers? Explore the transformative power of social design and design thinking from a Pan-African perspective. Examine both historical and contemporary practices and challenges.
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Designing Africa and the Diaspora
POPULAR COURSE: Every aspect of our world is designed, but who are the designers? Explore the transformative power of social design and design thinking from a Pan-African perspective. Examine both historical and contemporary practices and challenges.
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January 14, 2024
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Join us for the Ijeruka Virtual Welcome Party, a vibrant celebration to kickstart our collective journey into Afrotopia. Come connect with other members of our incredible, global community, meet some of the brilliant minds behind Ijeruka, and take some time to reflect and set intentions together.
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April 19, 2024
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Delve into discussions on Afrofuturism, the role of design in shaping futures, and how marginalized communities can redefine themselves as agents of change. Dr. Noel will guide us through design's potential to challenge systemic barriers and envision inclusive futures.
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Dr. Naseemah Mohamed
What can we learn from endogenous philosophies about ways of thinking, being, and relating? In this talk, Dr. Naseemah Mohamed Naseemah reflects on the richness of African epistemologies and philosophies and how they inform the ways that we understand, structure, govern our world.
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Anwulika Okonjo & Uzoma Orji
In this interview, Anwulika Okonjo and Uzoma Orji, discussed how we can begin to challenge notions of progress and travel through time to become emissaries of hope, astronauts voyaging into the dream space and returning with the tools needed for us to bring it to fruition.
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Gabrielle Harry
November 2023
Myths and folktales are the lenses through which we have made sense of everything. Learn how epics in the African literary canon draw from folklore and mythology, including from the structures and techniques of oral storytelling.
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Ijeruka's community is home for people of African descent to connect, collaborate, and grow together. Embrace this space as your sanctuary for meaningful conversations, learning, and relationships with like-hearted peers around the world.
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Visit Ijeruka's community on Circle
Ijeruka's community is home for people of African descent to connect, collaborate, and grow together. Embrace this space as your sanctuary for meaningful conversations, learning, and relationships with like-hearted peers around the world.
visit the community