Interactive lecture and workshop: Afropean Decolonial Futures dialogues

On Monday 13 October, Olupemi E. Oludare (University of Amsterdam), Madeline R. Young Touré (University of Exeter), Edward Olutomi Oludare (Dowen College Lagos), and Rachel Gillett (Utrecht University) will present a three-part presentation exploring African and Afropean cultural productions and heritage. This interactive lecture and workshop is a collaboration with Re/presenting Europe for the class Black Cultural Production and Social Change.

Afropean entanglements and material culture

The event begins with an interactive lecture by Olupemi Oludare on how African/Black cultural productions shape and are shaped by transnational Afropean entanglements. The lecture is followed by a talk and exhibition from Madeline Young, who connects decolonising mining legacies, material cultures, and embodied heritage with the Decolonial Futures project at the University of Amsterdam. 

The event concludes with a hands-on workshop featuring storytelling led by the cultural organisation De Voorkamer, as well as music, dance, and material culture sessions led by Olupemi, Edward, and Madeline. 

About the speakers

Olupemi E. Oludare is Assistant Professor of Black History at the University of Amsterdam. He is also an African and Afro-diasporic cultural practitioner as well as performing artist. 

Madeline R. Young Touré is a researcher and lecturer at the Exeter Centre for Research on Africa and at the Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter. She is also an Environment-Social-Governance (ESG) Advisor and Afro-diasporic cultural practitioner. 

Edward Olutomi Oludare is educator at Dowen College Lagos. He is also an African and Afro-diasporic cultural practitioner and traditional musician. 

Rachel Gillett is a historian specialising in Cultural History. Her research focuses on European colonialism, anti-colonialism and solidarity, popular culture, and the Black Atlantic from a French perspective.