In this lecture and conversation we explore the work of Dr Frantz Fanon, Martinican psychiatrist, revolutionary, and political thinker. The debate about the place of both “tradition” and “modernity” in African cultures has been raging since the 19th century. In …
In this lecture and conversation, we explore the life of Dr Edward Blyden, pioneering educator, diplomat, and politician. In 1888, Dr Blyden, the Caribbean-Liberian “father of pan-Africanism”, published a seminal collection of essays advocating for the wholesale colonisation of Africa …
In this lecture and conversation, we explore the life and work of South African freedom fighter Steve Biko. In 1978, the leadership of the South African Students’ Organisation, founded by Biko, and the Black People’s Convention were put on trial …