AFRO-CONSCIENCE FESTIVAL

A festival that brings forward the afro-descendant reality in Spain through its culture. A festival that blends politics, aesthetics, culture, poetry, music, dance, undertaking or pedagogy, where its protagonists and organizers belong to the afro-descendant community living in our country.

PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES:

Saturday, September 30

11.30 am. Opening of Espacio Infancia Afro (Afro Childhood Space)

12 pm. Traditional storytelling with Justo Bolekia

1 pm. Festival Opening. The Black View / Limbo

1- 8 pm. AfroEmprende + AfroMarket. Paola Hurtado (Afro-undertake + AfroMarket)

2.30 pm. Lunch / Sesión Dj Afrostilo

4 pm. Perfonrmance action: DiasporicX
Talk with Sofía Perdomo and Moha Gerehou.

5 pm. Debate: Action strategies of the African diaspora
Alexandra Wanjiku (Black Lives Matter UK), Ana Laura De Silva (MWASSI Francia), Mamadou Dia, Deuda Dieye (Sindicato de Vendedores Ambulantes Barcelona), Malick Gueye (Sindicato de Lateros y Manteros de Madrid) and Rita Bosaho (Delegate for Podemos in Alicante).

7 pm. Afro-Conscience Space: Building the Community
IES Pradolongo and digital magazine's team: NEGRXS

8 pm. Debate: Literature and playwright in the diasporas
Remei Sipi, Inongo Vi-Makome, Osirima and Jeff Kwesi.

9 pm. Concert: Juno & Darrel

Sunday, October 1 

11.30 am. Opening of Espacio Infancia Afro (Afro Childhood Space)

12 pm. Afro dance workshop. Makady de K-Free

1 pm. Dance and poetry. Lilian Pallares

2 pm. Lunch / Dj Afrostilo Session

4.30 pm. Debate: Channeling blackness through art
Chojín, Veronica Bosio, Ken Province, Monserrat Angiano, Agness Essonti and Black Bee.

5.30 pm. Monologue by Mostopapi

6 pm. Sexual disidences and afro-feminisms
Esther Ortega and Yos Piña

7 pm. Workshop Self re-cognizing: A community that takes action

7.45 pm. Awards ceremony: Arts and image from the community

8.15 pm. Rap Jam / Hip Hop / Poetry
Hosts: Chojín along with DJ Jotamayúscula

9.45 pm. Festival Closing: Astrid Jones