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Webinar

Centring the Voices of the African Diaspora in Europe

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Time • 7 May 2021 14:00 - 15:40
Place • Zoom

The Nordic Africa Institute and The University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation External link, opens in new window. second co-hosted webinar, in the two-part series, under the theme “Centring the Voices of African Migrants in Africa/EU migration Debates” will focus on the perspectives and experiences of representatives of the African diaspora in Europe.

The meeting will feature three invited panellists: Kitimbwa Sabuni, Spokesperson for the Swedish Association of Afro-Swedes External link, opens in new window.; Dr. Tekalign Mengiste, Senior Researcher at the College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University External link, opens in new window. and Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University External link, opens in new window. and Bora Kamwanya, representing the UK-based diaspora organisation, The African Foundation for Development External link, opens in new window. (AFFORD). 


Watch the recorded webinar here:

 

The webinar will explore diaspora perspectives on the European migration debate in the aftermath of the 2015 European refugee crisis, and reflect on avenues for exchange and collaboration between actors on the two continents that can contribute to a more productive policy climate in Africa/EU relations around migration governance.

The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Jesper Bjarnesen Opens in new window., Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, and followed by a Q&A session.


Concept Note Pdf, 255 kB. to guide discussions at the webinar.

  • Introduction to the webinar with brief summary from the previous session
  • Centring voices of the African diaspora
  • Q&A
  • Closing remarks
  • Kitimbwa Sabuni, Spokesperson for the National Association of Afro-Swedes

Kitimbwa Sabuni, is a Swedish organizational developer and public debater of Burundian origin, known as a spokesperson for the National Association of Afro - Swedes and the Muslim Human Rights Committee in Sweden. 


  • Dr. Tekalign Ayalew Mengiste, Senior Researcher, Addis Ababa University

Dr. Tekalign Ayalew Mengiste is senior researcher in the College of Social Sciences at Addis Ababa University and affiliated researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University. His research interests include refugee mobility, diaspora, the migration industry, transnationalism, human smuggling, youth, health and wellbeing. He has fieldwork experiences in the Horn of Africa, the Sudan, Italy, Sweden and the UK.


  • Bora Kamwanya, Deputy Secretary General, Panafrican Youth Union, representing AFFORD

Bora Kamwanya works for the African Diaspora in the world by connecting Diasporas among themselves and with the continent. The role of the DSG for the 6th Region is to enable the Diaspora to reconnect with the continent . Moreover their job is to ensure that the Diaspora enjoy the same rights as other citizens in their host country. The PYU is a consultative body of the African Union on Youth.

 

Moderator:

  • Dr. Jesper Bjarnesen, Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute.

Jesper Bjarnesen is an anthropologist working mainly on migration and mobility through wartime and peace in West Africa. Other interests include wartime displacement, intergenerational relations, rural-urban connections, informal labour recruitment, transnational migration and urban land rights. Jesper is Co-founder of the AMMODI network.

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