About this Event
Do you need a place to grab a coffee and cake before the Africa Oyé Festival? Perfect! Join us at the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre for locally catered desserts from Desserts by Dre, music, and conversations surrounding the current research initiatives at the University of Liverpool.
The University of Liverpool (founded in 1881) has benefited significantly from wealth and other advantages derived from colonialism and the enslavement of people. In some cases, this has taken the form of benefaction from those directly involved in these activities, or from their descendants. This connection is being interrogated by university researchers and the local community including the immense efforts and data collection done by the Liverpool Black History Research Group.
This history is one that impacts not only the university but the city of Liverpool in its entirety and as such should be influenced and directed by all.
The primary objective of this event is to discuss how you would like to see this research conducted, what stories you want see highlighted, and in what manner the findings should be articulated. We will host conversations around the contents of the university archives, objects in the collection connected to slavery, and the ongoing research conducted by the Liverpool Black History Research Group.
In addition we will feature Museo Para Mi (Museum for Me):
If there were a museum made just for you, or by you, what would it contain? What stories would it tell?
This event will include a creative activity where participants can critically discuss the past, present, and future by creating their own 3D museum. In addition, we will host a station where you can create personalized timelines of important events in your lifetime, as well as a puppet theater where individuals and families can create and host their own puppet show. Express you inner curator and celebrate your individuality, great for adults and children alike.
For more details on the creation of this activity, see: https://www.amuseumforme.org/
Photographer will also be onsite to document the event
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Kuumba Imani Millenium Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00