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Happy Pride! (Jun 2022)

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Happy Pride!

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June is a time for us to remember the countless challenges that the LGBTQIA community has faced over the years, and to celebrate the achievements that have ushered in a more inclusive society.

Here at Africa Center Hong Kong, we especially acknowledge the role that African members of the LGBTQIA community have played in this struggle, be they diasporic or local— activists such as Marsha P. Johnson, Marylize Biubwa, Simon Nkoli, and Richard Akuson, who made a resounding impact in their respective corners of the world.

Queer Pride Festival 2022

We realize that it is important to center queer voices- especially African queer voices- in this conversation, so we have organized a program that does just that; allowing queer people to speak for themselves.

This year on the 26th of June (Sunday), we are celebrating Pride at Africa Center in collaboration with two amazing artists, Brian Lau and Carmen! We have also organized a range of activities running from 3:30 pm -10 pm, including talks, art-making, performances, and movies. Join us for good food, great people, and a fantastic time!

In an African context, sexuality is inseparable from colonialism. As the LGBTQIA community faces injustice in many African counties, we should remember that many of the laws that criminalize homosexuality are remnants of the homophobic legacy of colonization. Still, with former colonial masters championing LGBTQIA rights, it is even more important that we acknowledge these issues without patronizing, minimizing, and victimizing these communities, which has often been done by Western countries.

In 2011, ex-UK Prime Minister David Cameron threatened to withdraw foreign aid from countries that enforced laws that did not support gay rights, causing uproar in Uganda with regard to colonialist rhetoric. This is where the question of intersectionality comes in: if sexuality is indeed tied to colonialism, how does one decolonize the process of reclaiming power in sexuality? Join us as we explore the answer to this and other questions during our Queer Pride Festival 2022.

Check out what is happening in our Pride Corners:

We have many exciting events coming up at the Africa Center and we would love to see you there.

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Afro Multi-Activity Summer Camp 2022 (Jun 2022)

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Added dates for Afro Multi-Activity Summer Camp 2022

We are running the camp in both July and August 2022

Earlier, we sent you an email about our July summer camp dates. We soon realized that some eager summer campers might be unable to join the July camp because of their school schedules. We will run the camp in July and August to provide greater flexibility.

So what is the Afro Multi-Activity Summer Camp 2022? This is a 5-day programme for kids of all ethnicities to connect and empower the next generation. During this camp, we will help kids develop relationships, confidence, and skills through multiple activities including painting, dancing, drama, baking, making videos, doing science experiments and so much more. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to immerse your kids in a multicultural learning environment!

Here are the details of the summer camp:

Dates:

Camp 1: 4 July (Mon) – 8 July (Fri), 2022

Camp 2: 15 August (Mon) -19 August (Fri), 2022

Time: 10:00am-4:00pm, Monday to Friday

Venue: Africa Center Hong Kong, 12/F, 22 Hillwood Road, TST

Fee: $750/day* for kids aged 2-5 years old

$1,000/day* for kids aged 6-13 years old

(The fee includes the whole day programme, buffet lunch, and a certificate of completion)

*10% discount for kids joining the whole 5-day programme

Maximum Capacity: 30 kids

Our fun-filled 5-day programme has different themes, you can choose to join any one day of any camp, but also we offer a discount to children who join our entire 5-day programme:)

Details of the programmes may differ from the projected content.

See you there!

Registrations can be made by clicking ‘Register,’ through our website, or by using our contact information at the bottom of the page

As always, we at the Africa Center Hong Kong are working hard to bring you a variety of events. Check out what exciting events are coming up on our website.

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Lessons from the Summer Camp (Jul 2021)

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Lessons from the Summer Camp

Last week we had the honour and joy to host over 30 children over the course of the week for the Afro Multi-Activity Summer Camp 2021. In this exciting and highly energized week we learnt much from and about the kids present and we wanted to share some of our favourite moments with you and what we learnt from them, and what we feel they learnt for us.

‘Do you regret being in Hong Kong?’

During a passionate presentation by one of our project managers, Dawit – who was born and raised in Eritrea – on the geography of the African continent, a child asked if he regretted being in Hong Kong. She showed genuine concern in her questioning as she saw that for Dawit, the African continent was a wonderful place to be. We believe that there have been many negative images that have been painted of the continent and moments like these are important to remind children and ourselves that we are constantly seeing a skewed image of Africa that is far from the realities of all the continent has to offer. Through her question we saw that for this girl, Africa too had become a beautiful place that one would regret leaving.

Food, Food, Food

On the third day of the camp the children had the chance to make their own food. They baked Mbatata cookies (Malawian) and Chimodho cake (Zimbabwean). We were impressed and pleased with the motivation the children had both to prepare and eat foods that they said were uncommon to them. Many enjoyed this food and the lunch food spanning across cuisines from the African continent and the African diaspora. Through the food then they learnt of the diversity and richness of African cultures.

Mbatata Cookies Recipe

Playing Pada

Playing pada was an important part of the childhood of one of our team members, Charleen, who grew up playing this game with friends. For her, being able to see this game passed on to different children at the Center and the joy and competition that they derived from this was something that brought memories to her. We believe that we can teach children about African cultures not only by telling them but also by showing and playing with them as this is also a method of recording histories. Through our playground that taught the children different games played in different places on the continent we managed to share a part of our cultures that we believe the children will remeber and hopefull pass on too.

African Kidz Club

If you missed the summer camp do not worry, you can still get a taste of it at our African Kidz Club held every last Saturday of the month, the next one coming up this weekend.

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Education Is Key? (Jul 2021)

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Education is key?

The phrase ‘education is key’ is constantly evoked, especially when talking about ‘solving the problems’ of Africa. This education is institutional (that is it is found in schools and universities) and it is something that is expected to be given to children, making them more responsible and useful citizens. We of course believe in the power of education here at the Africa Center, however, more than that we believe that a reflection on what kind of education the children in our community are receiving is paramount.

Institutional Education

Most (but not all!) of the schools that exist today on the African continent are remnants of colonial institutions that either were designed to accommodate the colonizer, or that were designed to keep colonised peoples in a lesser social, economical and political position. What then does it mean that we have taken on these systems, often without changing much, and continue to use these schooling systems? It means that the system of education that is being used is not designed to enable the growth of the community/society or country.

Rhodes Must Fall

Many of you will have heard of the Rhodes Must Fall protests that were staged by South African students, followed by students all over the world, starting on the 9th of March 2015. This protest in which students called for the decolonisation of the education curriculum showed clearly that the colonial regime still had its grip on institutional education. Moreover, it showed the massive adverse effects this had on the majority black students receiving this education.

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So friends, returning to the idea of education as key, we must think of what education we are thinking about and making sure that this education is not further perpetrating the ills that we are trying to fight, colonial or not. Patrick Mpedzisi, a civic and social organization consultant in Zimbabwe, talked once of ‘knowledge dissemination’ as a way of spreading information and knowledge that moves away from the idea that institutional education has a monopoly on knowledge. This is something that we at the Africa Center believe in too and want to share with the children in our community.

Afro Multi-Activity Summer Camp!

What better way would there be to share knowledge with children in our community here in Hong Kong than through a summer camp? Moving away from the formal setting of institutional education we share knowledge with children on various topics. From dance, to drama from drumming to mask making and storytelling – the Afro Multi-Activity Summer Camp is going to be a fun and exciting learning experience for children!

Afro Multi-Activity Summer Camp 2021
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Reading Corner

We have been reading ‘The House of Hunger’ by Dambudzo Marechera. Marechera has a interesting history with institutional colonial education as he learnt at a one of the first secondary schools to allow black students admission in Zimbabwe. Come and join us as we discuss this eccentric author!

Book Club
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