| Anasa Cultural Center, in the context of the Black History Month in Greece, and with the support of the research program Decolonising the City, organizes the 2nd Festival “I HAVE A DREAM: UNITED SECOND GENERATION”, in Kypseli on May 5 – 7, 2023.
We pick up the thread again eight years after the 1st “I HAVE A DREAM” Festival and review the experiences of the second generation in relation to citizenship. Placing the festival in Kypseli, we define as a key pillar of the daily experience of citizenship, the city, the neighborhood, the community. Aiming at the empowerment and equal gathering of young and older immigrants, solidarity, and human rights organizations, we aim for regular and multi-level cooperation, joint action and institutional pressure to satisfy the demands of the second generation.
The events of the festival include book presentations, film screenings, concerts (music and dance), visual arts exhibitions, children’s activities and discussions around the individual and collective struggles, dreams and experiences of the African diaspora in the city of Athens.
More specifically, the festival will include:
Discussions around: a) citizenship and what it means to be an active citizen and participate in the city, b) the legislative framework and the experience of citizenship today, and c) interculturalism in the schools of Kypseli and Patisia (4th District).
Book launches and film screenings on the history and culture of the African diaspora, Black Feminism and Black Studies.
Concerts and visual arts with young and new artists of African origin.
Activities with experiential, interactive and intercultural workshops.
The festival aspires to highlight the cultural stigma of the African diaspora communities in the city and in this way enrich the debate around citizenship, citizenship, and multiple identities and practices of coexistence in Athens. We hope for your positive response and participation with a representative of your organization for the discussions that will take place between May 5 and 7.
Fb event: HERE
Open call for volunteers through the form: HERE
FREE ENTRANCE
DETAILED PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 05/05
Bhive – Tinou 47, Κipseli
16.30-20.00 Exhibition opening – I Have a Dream
Artists: Nikos Kabasele, Moiz Salman, AmpeFererira, NR40, Døcumatism, Sebene Eshete and more
Curation: Dafni Krema & Dorothea Kritikou
* The exhibition will last until Wednesday 05/10 and opening hours (06/05 & 07/05) 12.00-20.00 (08/05-10/05) 18:00-21:30
Cine Athenée – Leukosias 41-43, Κipseli
20.00-22.00 Film Screening: I am not your Negro
SATURDAY 06/05
Bhive – Τinou 47, Κipseli
12.00-20.00 Exhibition (ongoing) I Have a Dream
Cine Athenée–Leukosias41-43, Κipseli
12.00-14.00 Workshop for children – A Journey across Africa with Michael Afolayan
Zoetrope Καλλιτεχνικό εργαστήρι– Kimolou17, Κipseli
13.30-15.00 Live Podcast Rec: Urban Music in Athens as empowerment.
Moose, Ladele, Rudy Roots, MC Yinka, DJ Kas
16.00-18.30 Film Screenings Theme: Cinematic Representations of Belonging Amygdalia and ΜΑΛΘΑ followed by Q&A with the creatives
Κέντρο Ελέγχου Τηλεοράσεων– Kiprou91A, Κipseli
19.00-20.30Panel talk: From Thomas Sankara to the Pan-African experience in Greece. Looking for away forward. Communities of Greece: Nigerian, Congolese, Cameroonian, Senegalese, Egyptian, Tanzanian.
SUNDAY 07/05
ANASA CULTURAL CENTER – Σφακτηρίας 24 &Πλαταιών, Κεραμεικός
12:00-14:00 GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ME?
Open interactive writing & poetry workshop with Gloria Nzanga
Limited spaces available. Registrations HERE
15:00-17:00 HOW DID SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKE UP?
Open Experiential Artistic Workshop with Christiana Giannou
Limited spaces available. Registrations HERE
17:00-19:00 AFRICAN MASK WORKSHOP – Exploring the concept of gender equality
Open Workshop with Moiz Salman
Limited spaces available. Registrations HERE
*REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Literature House
12.00-13.30Book Presentation Capoeira: A Story for the Brave Nnenna Okeke with the participation of Arte Brasileira Atenas – Contra Mestre Dudu
Bhive – Τinou 47, Κipseli
12.00-20.00 Exhibition (ongoing) I Have a Dream
Zoetrope Καλλιτεχνικό εργαστήρι– Kimolou17, Κipseli
14.00-15.30 Live Podcast Rec: Is Blackface relevant in Greece? Deborah Odong, Renee Ontoul, Anna Paspati, Stefanos Mwagie
Κέντρο Ελέγχου Τηλεοράσεων – Kiprou91A, Κipseli
17.30-19.00 Screening I am AfroGreek by Adeola Naomi Aderemi and General Assembly: Nationality, citizenship and decolonisation. Generation 2.0, GFM, GFR, Asante, UAWO.
ΙΛΙΟΝ Plus, Kondrigtonos17, Athens
21.00-01.00 Closing Concert & open mic: UNITED WE STAND!
Artists: Moose, Rudy Roots, Ladele, DJ Kas and more.
FREE ENTRANCE TO ALL EVENTS
Organizing team:
ANASA CULTURAL CENTER Michael Afolayan, Natasha Chanta Martin, Grace Nwoke, Precious Obediah Marina Naki, Alira Kalogera
Decolonising the City: https://rul.st-andrews.ac.uk/decolonising-the-city/
Penny Traulou (University of Edinburgh & Feminist Autonomous Research Centre)
Anna Papoutsi (Institute of Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham)
Antonis Bradis (Radical Urban Lab, University St Andrews) |
Anasa Cultural Centre
