Black Travel Symposium with Caryl Phillips, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Zap Mama and more at Bozar, Brussels (19.10.18 - 21.10.18)

Johny Pitts Discussion

Black Travel Symposium 

The Centre for Fine Arts (Bozar) 

Brussels

19.10.18 - 21.10.18

A weekend of talks and performances dedicated to the notion of Black Travel will be curated by Johny Pitts, TV host and author of the forthcoming publication Afropean: Documenting Black Europe (June 2019) and the Afropean team Yomi Bazuaye and Nat Illumine.

Within the general notion of travelling, we will look to complicate an area overly hinged on white, masculine, heteronormative experiences, and celebrate the gaze of a diverse group travelers who are often ignored.

Inspired by the conviviality and international politics of the Harlem Renaissance, the Negritude Movement, and postwar African Independence, BOZAR Brussels will set the stage for a weekend of art, photography, historical narratives, poetry performances, live music and panel discussions, followed by a guided decolonial tour of Brussels, bringing to life the myriad ways members of the Black community experience the world through travelling. 


With the participation of : Marie Daulne , Caryl Phillips,  Tete-Michel Kpomassie, Claude Grunitzky, Jessica De Abreu, Lola Akinmade, Bernardine Evaristo, Amina Jama, Catherine Johnson, Inua Ellams, Roger Robinson, Nick Makoha and more.