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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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Cultural Architectures: Building Afrocentric Realities
Explores how culture shapes our collective reality and how we can actively participate in its evolution. Discover Afrocentricity as a framework for social change, and leverage the unique cultural assets of your community to be an architect of change.
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January 14, 2024
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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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March 14, 2024
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March 14, 2024
"African Women Speaking Through Archives" with Doriana Diaz
The transformative role of archival work in voicing the narratives of African and Afro-diasporic women.
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March 19, 2024
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Meeting Our Griots March Study Group: The Mundane and the Marvelous
"Re-enchanting reality through magic realism and surrealism" is a series of monthly gatherings within our Meeting Our Griots study group that explores the dreamworld, the strange, the imaginary and the fantastical in African literature. Through wordplay, collective readings and speculative conversations, we will enter the Dreaming and discover reimagined realities that are both ordinary and extraordinary, and that challenge reality and the realms of possibilities.
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March 19, 2024
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Meeting Our Griots April Study Group: The Song of Our Inner Child
"Meeting Our Griots" is a monthly study group that dives into the heart of African literature to uncover the depth of everyday wisdom. This month will explore how everyday life is intertwined with elements of the fantastical, using The Famished Road by Ben Okri as a reflection of our own inner child
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April 19, 2024
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Designing Social Change: A Conversation with Lesley-Ann Noel
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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April 2024
7 Black Women Leading the Charge for Social Change
Across the globe, Afro-descendant women are organising and strategizing against overlapping systems of oppression which are determined to keep them subdued. Against all odds, these educators, activists, artists, and leaders from across the African continent and diaspora are using their voices and talents to challenge the status quo and build liberated futures for us all. Here are seven such women who are at the forefront of social change.
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Seun Babalola & Anwulika Okonjo
March 2024
REPLAY: A Pan-African Lens: Filmmaking and Identity
Oluwaseun Babalola discusses the role of storytelling in the reclamation and definition of African identities. She highlights the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, the challenges African storytellers face in navigating expectations and stereotypes, and the need for authenticity and integrity in storytelling.
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Anwulika Okonjo and Ehime Ora
February 2024
REPLAY: Ehime Ora on Preserving African Spiritual Traditions
In this conversation, Ehime Ora discusses her spiritual practice and ancestral veneration. She shares how her journey unfolded and explains the importance of ancestral veneration in African cultures and how it contributes to resilience and identity.
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Hakim Adi
February 2024
Radical Hope and Pan-Africanism: An Introduction
Hakim Adi explores the history and significance of Pan-Africanism. He shares his personal journey as the first historian of African descent in the UK, discovering African history and the exclusion of African heritage in mainstream narratives, and delves into historical examples of Pan-Africanism, the challenges and limitations of Pan-African institutions, and the goals, principles, and values of Pan-Africanism that are needed for collective action and empowerment
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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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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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Global reading - Radical hope and black mattering
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June 2024
Afro-aesthetics: Looking Beyond the Surface
This essay dismantles the scaffolding of Eurocentric desirability politics, exposing the biases embedded within our understanding of beauty. Read about Afro-aesthetics, in all its diversity, and the worldviews that underpin it.
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Anwulika Okonjo
May 2024
The Imperative of Transformative Pan-African Education
The global landscape demands a new approach to education – one that empowers African and diasporic communities to draw from their rich cultural heritage and knowledge systems. Explore Ijeruka's vision for transformative Pan-African learning.
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May 2024
Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change
Learn about the origins of Afrocentricity as a theory of agency and social change that empowers people of African descent to shape themselves and the world.
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May 2024
15 books that will change the way you think about African and Black women
Here are fifteen transformative, paradigm-shifting books that promise to stretch your expectations and change the way you think about African and Afro-diasporic women.