July 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on blusky. I need HELP 🖤
@eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.social
@eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Trying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on blusky. I need HELP 🖤
@eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.social
@eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.social
I'm trying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on bluesky. I need HELP 🖤 (please make recommendations and share)
go.bsky.app/PQA5Wiv
go.bsky.app/PQA5Wiv
November 18, 2024 at 9:53 AM
I'm trying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on bluesky. I need HELP 🖤 (please make recommendations and share)
go.bsky.app/PQA5Wiv
go.bsky.app/PQA5Wiv
New release 📚 Afropean Biblical Studies, by Olabisi Obamakin 🌍
In this book, Obamakin constructs a Nigerian/British women’s hermeneutic that reshapes how we read the New Testament, blending feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches.
Read more here 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
In this book, Obamakin constructs a Nigerian/British women’s hermeneutic that reshapes how we read the New Testament, blending feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches.
Read more here 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
May 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
New release 📚 Afropean Biblical Studies, by Olabisi Obamakin 🌍
In this book, Obamakin constructs a Nigerian/British women’s hermeneutic that reshapes how we read the New Testament, blending feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches.
Read more here 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
In this book, Obamakin constructs a Nigerian/British women’s hermeneutic that reshapes how we read the New Testament, blending feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches.
Read more here 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
“Oscar nominated actor/director Chiwetel Ejiofor and award winning writer/photographer Johny Pitts will discuss the notion of Afropean, and Black European identity for the London launch of Johny's new photobook, Afropean; A Journal. Limited Numbers. RSVP essential: hello@morelbooks.com” @afropean
November 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
“Oscar nominated actor/director Chiwetel Ejiofor and award winning writer/photographer Johny Pitts will discuss the notion of Afropean, and Black European identity for the London launch of Johny's new photobook, Afropean; A Journal. Limited Numbers. RSVP essential: hello@morelbooks.com” @afropean
Die Sonne so Strahlend und Schwarz by Chantal-Fleur Sandjon
#BookSky #BlackBookSky #Afropean #Afrodeutsch #Afrogerman
#BookSky #BlackBookSky #Afropean #Afrodeutsch #Afrogerman
Practicing my German with this Afropean gem: 'Die Sonne, so Strahlend und Schwarz' by Chantal-Fleur Sandjon. A coming of age story in which each chapter is a poem. Main character Nova is a young Afrogerman girl trying to start over after traumatic events. 📚📚📚📚 out 5. Hope it gets translated.
August 22, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Die Sonne so Strahlend und Schwarz by Chantal-Fleur Sandjon
#BookSky #BlackBookSky #Afropean #Afrodeutsch #Afrogerman
#BookSky #BlackBookSky #Afropean #Afrodeutsch #Afrogerman
On Nov 5th we launch an immersive new six part series exploring Black Communities in Europe, from Brussels to Amsterdam, Stockholm to Berlin, Lisbon and Paris. Listen and subscribe to the Afropean Podcast here: pod.link/1776340182
#AfroEurope #BlackEurope #Podcast
@reducedlisten
#AfroEurope #BlackEurope #Podcast
@reducedlisten
Afropean Podcast
What does it mean to be both African and European? Author Johny Pitts hosts a six part series exploring major European cities and the art, politics and history of their Black communities.
Experience ...
pod.link
November 14, 2024 at 10:48 PM
On Nov 5th we launch an immersive new six part series exploring Black Communities in Europe, from Brussels to Amsterdam, Stockholm to Berlin, Lisbon and Paris. Listen and subscribe to the Afropean Podcast here: pod.link/1776340182
#AfroEurope #BlackEurope #Podcast
@reducedlisten
#AfroEurope #BlackEurope #Podcast
@reducedlisten
For me, one of this year's most important new publications in my field: @jeannetteoho.bsky.social's book on Afropean aesthetics in 21st century European literature.
Looking forward to - finally! - reading it!
Looking forward to - finally! - reading it!
November 9, 2024 at 11:05 AM
For me, one of this year's most important new publications in my field: @jeannetteoho.bsky.social's book on Afropean aesthetics in 21st century European literature.
Looking forward to - finally! - reading it!
Looking forward to - finally! - reading it!
"We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe" was directed by Fred Kuwornu and was featured at the 60th Venice Biennale. It can be found at:
www.wewereherethefilm.com
#FilmSky #BlackSky #Afropean
trailer:
www.wewereherethefilm.com
#FilmSky #BlackSky #Afropean
trailer:
May 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe" was directed by Fred Kuwornu and was featured at the 60th Venice Biennale. It can be found at:
www.wewereherethefilm.com
#FilmSky #BlackSky #Afropean
trailer:
www.wewereherethefilm.com
#FilmSky #BlackSky #Afropean
trailer:
Check out Johny Pitts' Afropean podcast - was lucky to be involved in part 3: pod.link/1776340182
Afropean Podcast
What does it mean to be both African and European? Author Johny Pitts hosts a six part series exploring major European cities and the art, politics and history of their Black communities.
Experience ...
pod.link
November 30, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Check out Johny Pitts' Afropean podcast - was lucky to be involved in part 3: pod.link/1776340182
A few more books I was able to find in Lisbon. (I saw someone reading *Afropean* back in 2021 outside Chelsea Marker & have been meaning to pick it up & I’ve been translating Aleixo for a few years now.) I mailed everything back so fingers crossed they all arrive!
July 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A few more books I was able to find in Lisbon. (I saw someone reading *Afropean* back in 2021 outside Chelsea Marker & have been meaning to pick it up & I’ve been translating Aleixo for a few years now.) I mailed everything back so fingers crossed they all arrive!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: jazz, endlessly reinventing itself, presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social @bbcsounds.bsky.social
'Round Midnight - Brand new from Amy Gadiaga - BBC Sounds
Soweto shares a release from the rising London based French-Afropean bassist and vocalist.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:25 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: jazz, endlessly reinventing itself, presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social @bbcsounds.bsky.social
For 20 years, Black British photographer Johny Pitts has been travelling around Europe with a camera and a question: what does it mean to be Black and European?
"Black Bricolage" spans the continent – Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Brussels – capturing the lives that rarely make the front page.
#BlackSky
"Black Bricolage" spans the continent – Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Brussels – capturing the lives that rarely make the front page.
#BlackSky
Johny Pitts’ Poetic Photos Captures the Realities of Being Afropean
Blending photography, social reportage, postcolonial theory and autofiction, Johny Pitts’s new exhibition at MEP in Paris explores “what it means to be Black and European”
www.anothermag.com
April 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
For 20 years, Black British photographer Johny Pitts has been travelling around Europe with a camera and a question: what does it mean to be Black and European?
"Black Bricolage" spans the continent – Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Brussels – capturing the lives that rarely make the front page.
#BlackSky
"Black Bricolage" spans the continent – Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Brussels – capturing the lives that rarely make the front page.
#BlackSky
Looks like a fascinanting read.... www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Afropean
'Afropean. Here was a space where blackness was taking part in shaping European identity ... A continent of Algerian flea markets, Surinamese shamanism, German Reggae and Moorish castles. Yes, all thi...
www.penguin.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Looks like a fascinanting read.... www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
A key piece of German remembrance culture is the erasure of longer histories of imperialism & white supremacy in Germany and Europe at large. On this, I'd recommend:
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
I've had a lot of convos w/ folks confused about the crackdown in Germany against the most basic support for Palestinians. This is deeply tied to Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture, which happens to be something I study. Here's a thread of resources in English for those who want to learn. 1/
October 30, 2023 at 2:20 PM
A key piece of German remembrance culture is the erasure of longer histories of imperialism & white supremacy in Germany and Europe at large. On this, I'd recommend:
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
The Afropean author is back with a touring show, curating working-class photographers to present an alternative reading of class aesthetics 1854.photo/4hVLeGk
When asking what the working-class looks like today, Johny Pitts resists cliche - 1854 Photography
The Afropean author is back with a touring show, curating working-class photographers to present an alternative reading of class aesthetics
1854.photo
February 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The Afropean author is back with a touring show, curating working-class photographers to present an alternative reading of class aesthetics 1854.photo/4hVLeGk
A timely repost for the "why" of Afropean.com
"It would be through music that I would have my first encounter with the word ‘Afropean’. "
afropean.com/why-afropean...
"It would be through music that I would have my first encounter with the word ‘Afropean’. "
afropean.com/why-afropean...
April 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
A timely repost for the "why" of Afropean.com
"It would be through music that I would have my first encounter with the word ‘Afropean’. "
afropean.com/why-afropean...
"It would be through music that I would have my first encounter with the word ‘Afropean’. "
afropean.com/why-afropean...
"The upsurge of far-right rhetoric, Islamophobia, and hostile discourse in our politics and media, towards immigration and multiculturalism, has created a volatile environment, that made what we’ve seen possible ..."
#UK-riots
Team Afropean reflects on the UK riots.
#UK-riots
Team Afropean reflects on the UK riots.
From the outside looking in: Afropean perspectives on the UK riots – Afropean: your guide to the Afro European diaspora and beyond
buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"The upsurge of far-right rhetoric, Islamophobia, and hostile discourse in our politics and media, towards immigration and multiculturalism, has created a volatile environment, that made what we’ve seen possible ..."
#UK-riots
Team Afropean reflects on the UK riots.
#UK-riots
Team Afropean reflects on the UK riots.
More than a few. Here are the four most recent.
💙📚 🖋️📚 💡📚
💙📚 🖋️📚 💡📚
March 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
More than a few. Here are the four most recent.
💙📚 🖋️📚 💡📚
💙📚 🖋️📚 💡📚
Join us for the launch of Olabisi Obamakin’s new book, Afropean Biblical Studies 📚
📅 Wednesday, 3 June 2026, at 15:00
📍 Digital Humanities Seminar Room, Queen's Building, University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk
💻 Want to join remotely? Email to request a link.
📅 Wednesday, 3 June 2026, at 15:00
📍 Digital Humanities Seminar Room, Queen's Building, University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk
💻 Want to join remotely? Email
May 26, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Join us for the launch of Olabisi Obamakin’s new book, Afropean Biblical Studies 📚
📅 Wednesday, 3 June 2026, at 15:00
📍 Digital Humanities Seminar Room, Queen's Building, University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk
💻 Want to join remotely? Email to request a link.
📅 Wednesday, 3 June 2026, at 15:00
📍 Digital Humanities Seminar Room, Queen's Building, University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk
💻 Want to join remotely? Email
// OCM Recommends
Afropean Singing Workshop with Anita Daulne, Saturday 7th November
Morning and afternoon sessions available together or separately
Info & booking: app.hubbaly.com/events/afrop...
Afropean Singing Workshop with Anita Daulne, Saturday 7th November
Morning and afternoon sessions available together or separately
Info & booking: app.hubbaly.com/events/afrop...
Afropean Singing Workshop with Anita Daulne | Mizike Events | Hubbaly
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to work with singer, composer and vocal researcher Anita Daulne, whose 35-year international career has been dedicated to ex...
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September 29, 2026 at 12:24 PM
// OCM Recommends
Afropean Singing Workshop with Anita Daulne, Saturday 7th November
Morning and afternoon sessions available together or separately
Info & booking: app.hubbaly.com/events/afrop...
Afropean Singing Workshop with Anita Daulne, Saturday 7th November
Morning and afternoon sessions available together or separately
Info & booking: app.hubbaly.com/events/afrop...
Got to see a reading and talk by author Caryl Phillips, who has inspired my academic work in many ways. Good to see Bristol Uni's Caribbean Studies Studio up and running too #afropean #literature @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Got to see a reading and talk by author Caryl Phillips, who has inspired my academic work in many ways. Good to see Bristol Uni's Caribbean Studies Studio up and running too #afropean #literature @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Reminisce on some of last year's choice tunes with the Editor's Picks of 2024 musical highlights: https://afropean.com/best-of2024-playlists-editors-picks/
#Music #2024 #Afropean
#Music #2024 #Afropean
Best of…2024 Playlists: Editor’s Picks – Afropean: your guide to the Afro European diaspora and beyond
afropean.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reminisce on some of last year's choice tunes with the Editor's Picks of 2024 musical highlights: https://afropean.com/best-of2024-playlists-editors-picks/
#Music #2024 #Afropean
#Music #2024 #Afropean
The amazing Jeannette Oholi’s book on the literary Afropean aesthetics is out—and she’s about to teach the first class in our department that’s entirely dedicated to Black German writing! @jeannetteoho.bsky.social www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
Afropäische Ästhetiken
Literaturwissenschaft trifft Black European Studies – die Ästhetiken Schwarzer Literatur und ihre Bedeutung für die Pluralität Europas.
www.transcript-verlag.de
September 13, 2024 at 8:01 PM
The amazing Jeannette Oholi’s book on the literary Afropean aesthetics is out—and she’s about to teach the first class in our department that’s entirely dedicated to Black German writing! @jeannetteoho.bsky.social www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...