We celebrate the grand opening of the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2023 African Futures & the citizens’ program African Futures – all Around.
The 9th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) “African Futures” aims to explore the continent’s critical engagements with the past, present and future of Africa’s global interdependencies . www.ecasconference.org/2023
On the occasion of the ECAS symposium, the City of Cologne, together with representatives of Afro-diasporic groups and organizers such as africologne, invites you to the extensive African Futures – All Around programme: www.african-futures.koeln
PROCESS:
18:30 – 18:50: Welcome by the Lord Mayor Henriette Reker, the Rector of the University of Cologne Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Axel Freimuth and representatives of the African communities.
18:50 – 19:30: Keynote by Kenyan author Yvonne Adhiambo Owour:Inscribing African Futures – from the Continent to the Galaxies (English with German translation)
19:30 RECEPTION & Get together in the foyer of the depot
20.15: OPENING africologneFESTIVAL in the foyer of the depot.
Greetings from the patron Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture and Media and the patron Aristide Tarnagda, Director of the Récréâtrales-Festival Ouagadougou.
Followed by a presentation of SAMSON (Admission with performance ticket)