Sat, 24 May
|Johannesburg
Restoring Afrikan indigenous food systems for reclamation of our humanity
Come together to create, learn, exchange ideas and share a meal. We will be mapping the history of food and where to find resources, learning how to cook with local goods, and using dialogical action to design creative elements that will actively engage in remembering the day's learnings.
Time & Location
24 May 2025, 13:00 – 18:00 SAST
Johannesburg, Ground Floor, 87 De Korte St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017, South Africa
About The Event
To honour Afrika Day in 2025, the Afrikan Liberation Hub, in collaboration with The Forge, The Peoples Pantry, Down 2 Earth Living Soil NPC, Makers Valley Partnership, The Green Business College and CAMP (Community Arts Mobilisation Project) we hosted a reflective and participatory day of learning, remembering, creating and sharing: Restoring Afrikan indigenous food systems for reclamation of our humanity.
Afrika Day commemorates the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) — now known as the African Union — on 25 May 1963, and with this spirit of unity and renewal we are gathering to explore the roots of our food systems and reclaim what has been displaced through colonialism, commodification and disconnection.
This was not a traditional panel discussion. It was a shared meal, a test kitchen, a ritual and a creative space of visual imagining, and our facilitators helped us contribute to a living archive reclaiming…