Save the date! At 7PM on the 28th of October, African Voices Forum & AVF Youth Legacies will host an online discussion on cultural and environmental ethics and how they co-exist. The discussion will be live streamed to our Facebook page, enabling live interaction. Questions from listeners are encouraged! The panel will be made up […]

The Sierra Leone Bristol Association is hosting an exciting virtual event in celebration of Black History Month. This event is organised by the youth team to discuss our cultural identify. Our youths have to contend with multiple cultural identities to satisfy the expectations of their parents and also the country of their birth. As parents […]

Curated by Cynthia Sitai, an exceptional and thought-provoking work by 12 photographers from across Africa, caught between modernity and tradition, who explore how different cultures produce meaning through images, encouraging us to engage in a conversation around rights of representation, questions of identity and cultural difference.

Join Afrika Eye and Bristol University for a screening of Les Fleurs Du Bitume followed by a post-screening discussion with Professor Siobhan Shilton.

A double bill screening of documentaries focussing on migration from two perspectives: The Last Shelter and Dear Home Office. The Last Shelter dir Ousmane Samassekou Deep in Mali, on the edge of the Sahel Desert, lies the peaceful city of Gao a stop off, for those with their eyes set on Europe in hopes of […]

Join us for a unique evening of cookery, conversation and music celebrating the life of musical icon Miriam Makeba. Sisanda brings stories from her childhood in South Africa to her current amazing success with her latest band Songø, now touring in Europe. She will be creating some of her favourite dishes passed down from her […]

A journey of music, film and food south of the river featuring Somali food and music followed by a screening of the critically acclaimed Somali film - The Gravedigger’s Wife Synopsis: Guled & Nasra are a loving couple living on the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son Mahad. However, they are facing difficult […]

Graffiti Room - Trinity Centre An exhibition of exceptional and thought-provoking work by 12 photographers from across Africa, caught between modernity and tradition. They explore how different cultures produce meaning through images and encourage us to look deeply and clearly into their work and engage in a conversation around rights of representation, questions of identity […]

Afrika Eye presents an evening of music and a film screening of Casablanca Beats directed by Nabil Ayouch. Casablanca Beats synopsis: Former rapper, Anas takes a job teaching hip hop in an underprivileged neighbourhood. Despite differences in identity, religion, and politics, Anas encourages his students to bond together and break free from the weight of […]

Tonderai Munyevu brings an adaption of his critically acclaimed play Mugabe, My Dad & Me to Bristol as part of Afrika Eye 2022. Performing as himself Tonderai delves deep into his personal history and that of his country to tell his story. Born in Zimbabwe in 1982, he was one of the so-called “born frees” […]