At this free event you can expect powerful storytelling, culture, and conversation exploring themes such as women’s empowerment, resilience and cultural identity, music, and African food. Whether you are an ally, a community organiser, identify as Black, or you are a creative, you will leave with a strong sense of belonging.
This initiative is the result of a collaboration between passionate women, Dr Khdidja Merakchi, from the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies at Heriot-Watt University, Dr Kizanne James-McCarthy from KWISA, the Association of African Descent in Scotland and Ms Vicky Nyanga-Ndiaye Project Esperanza, a community initiative that amplifies the voices of Black women in Edinburgh.
At the heart of this initiative bringing together community activists, asylum seekers, and faith leaders and social justice supporters is 6 Frames, a group of talented Heriot-Watt LINCS MSc students: Isla Novak, Emily Matthews, Lea Neubert, Jana-Marie Starck and Laure Vandenbergh. We will have a live African DJ DrEasyBee to entertain, artists and vendors selling their pieces, hot African food for sale, and live music performances by a Black female artist – Kiayla Curry.
Values of openness, capacity building, and inclusion, collaboration between academia and local communities and underrepresented artists, underpin this event, funded by Creative Scotland.
