Team
Folashade Ajayi
Folashade Ajayi is PhD researcher at the VUB Institute of European Studies.
Emma-Lee Amponsah
Emma-Lee Amponsah is PhD researcher at Ghent University and co-founder of the Belgo-Dutch grass-root organizationand media platform Black Speaks Back (BSB)
Elisabeth Bekers
Elisabeth Bekers is Senior Lecturer of British and Postcolonial Literature in the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Sarah Demart
Sarah Demart is postdoctoral researcher at the ‘Observatoire du SIDA et des sexualités’ at Université Libre Bruxelles.
Olivia Gieskes
Olivia Gieskes is PhD researcher at the Centre of African Studies of the University of Edinburgh.
Janine Hauthal
Janine Hauthal is postdoctoral fellow and research professor at the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossing (CLIC) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Sibo Kanobana
Sibo Kanobana is postdoctoral researcher in sociolinguistics at Ghent University.
Ojeaku Nwabuzo
Ojeaku Nwabuzo is PhD researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and senior research officer at the European Network against Racism (ENAR).
Annelies Verdoolaege
Annelies Verdoolaege is postdoctoral researcher and coordinator of the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association.
Sophie Withaeckx
Sophie Withaeckx is assistant professor in Philosophy at the University of Maastricht.
Susan Dierickx
Susan Dierickx is coordinator and postdoctoral researcher at RHEA (Research Center Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Marie Alice Mosuse
Marie Alice Mosuse is a PhD researcher at Interface Demography, Vrije Univeriteit Brussel.
Jean-Luc Nsengiyumva
Jean-Luc Nsengiyumva is researcher at the Sociologist’s Research Center of the Université Saint-Louis in Brussels
Latifah Abdou
Latifah Abdou works as a researcher at Universitair Centrum voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking
Hannah Vermaut
Hannah Vermaut is research coordinator at BIRMM (Brussels Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Migration and Minorities) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Philsan Osman
Philsan Osman is MA student in African Languages & Cultures at Ghent University
Karel Arnaut
Karel Arnaut is associate professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KULeuven
Sandrine Detandt
Sandrine Detandt is professor in clinical psychology and sexualities at the Faculty of Psychology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She is also director of the Observatoire du sida et des sexualités at ULB.
Duha Ceylan
Duha Ceylan (she/her) is a PhD researcher in the Interface Demography research group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Ishimwe Marie-Aimée Ntawukulityayo
Ishimwe Marie-Aimée Ntawukulityayo is an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion program manager in the education sector
Scientific committee members
Academic Members
| Country | Name | Function | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELGIUM | Nadia Fadil | Associate professor anthropology | KU Leuven |
| THE NETHERLANDS | Gloria Wekker | Prof. Em. Anthropology | Utrecht University |
| THE NETHERLANDS | Antonio Carmona Bàez | author/researcher/chancellor | St Maarten University |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Akwugo Emejulu | Professor of sociology | University of Warwick |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Kehinde Andrews | Professor of Black Studies | Birmingham City University |
| SWEDEN | Michael McEachrane | Researcher | Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights |
| FINLAND | Faith Mkwesha | Researcher | University of Helsinki |
| UNITED STATES | SA Smythe | Professor in African-American Studies | University of California |
| FRANCE | Sarah Fila-Bakabadio | Associate professor Amerian Studies | Université de Clergy-Pontoise |
| GERMANY | Natasha A. Kelly | Independent academic, author, artist and activist | HumboldtUniversity Berlin |
| PORTUGAL | Cristina Roldao | Professor of sociology | Lisbon University |
| ITALY | Alessandra Di Maio | Professor of English and African Studies | University of Palermo |
| FINLAND | Anna Rastas | Senior Lecturer and Adjunct Professor of Social Anthropology. Representative Afroeuropeans Network | Tampere University |
| BELGIUM | Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka | Researcher | Université de Mons |
| BELGIUM | Elisabeth Bekers | Professor postcolonial Literature | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| GERMANY | Mark Stein | Professor of English, postcolonial and media studies. Representative Afroeuropeans Network | Westfälishce Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| BELGIUM | Sophie Withaeckx | Assistant Professor in Philosophy | University of Maastricht |
Non-academic members
| Country | Name | Function | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Nadia Nsayi | Journalist, activist, researcher | Africa Museum |
| Belgium | Mathieu Charles | Artist, activist | |
| Belgium | Mohamed Barrie | Student, activist | Black History Month Belgium |
| The Netherlands | Quincy Gario | Artist, activist | |
| The Netherlands | Olave Nduwanje | Activist, writer, journalist | |
| Belgium | Gia Abrassart | Journalist, activist | Café Congo |
| Belgium | Wetsi Anne Mpoma | Artist | Wetsi Art Gallery |
Acknowledgements
We would like to explicitly acknowledge the financial support of the following partner organizations:
- the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association (GAP);
- the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies (BCUS);
- the European Network Against Racism (ENAR);
- the Brussels Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Migration and Minorites at VUB (BIRMM);
- the Research Centre Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality at VUB (RHEA);
- the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings at VUB (CLIC);
- the Belgian research funds FWO (Flanders) and FNRS (Brussels and Wallonia)
- Histories of Art, Architecture and Visual Culture research group (VISU).
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