14 episodes

Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur sheds light on individual and collective actions across Europe, Africa and the Americas to defend racial equality and justice. Our guests - scholars, activists, artists - share their practice with us, highlighting both the forms that historical and contemporary racial violence takes in these different contexts, and examples of possible reforms and mobilizations. Through their experiences fighting against racism, we draw the contours of racial justice efforts today. Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is hosted by Liliane Umubyeyi and Amah Edoh, co-founders and co-directors of the African Futures Lab (AfaLab). A new episode is published every two weeks, and episodes alternate between French and English. Production credits: Production: Amah Edoh; Liliane Umubyeyi; Matt Dann; Recording and editing: Matt Dann; Music: “African Dreams,” written and composed by Seun Anikulapo Kuti; Artwork: Amélie Umuhererezi

Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur African Futures Lab (AfaLab)

    • Society & Culture

Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur sheds light on individual and collective actions across Europe, Africa and the Americas to defend racial equality and justice. Our guests - scholars, activists, artists - share their practice with us, highlighting both the forms that historical and contemporary racial violence takes in these different contexts, and examples of possible reforms and mobilizations. Through their experiences fighting against racism, we draw the contours of racial justice efforts today. Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur is hosted by Liliane Umubyeyi and Amah Edoh, co-founders and co-directors of the African Futures Lab (AfaLab). A new episode is published every two weeks, and episodes alternate between French and English. Production credits: Production: Amah Edoh; Liliane Umubyeyi; Matt Dann; Recording and editing: Matt Dann; Music: “African Dreams,” written and composed by Seun Anikulapo Kuti; Artwork: Amélie Umuhererezi

    S2 Episode 6: Juliette Nijimbere : “La montagne qui a accouché d’une souris” : espoirs et échec de la commission parlementaire belge sur le passé colonial

    S2 Episode 6: Juliette Nijimbere : “La montagne qui a accouché d’une souris” : espoirs et échec de la commission parlementaire belge sur le passé colonial

    Dans cet épisode de Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur, Juliette Nijimbere, militante de longue date pour les droits humains, les droits de la femme et la lutte contre le racisme en Belgique, nous parle du déroulement et des résultats de la commission parlementaire belge sur le passé colonial du pays. Première en son genre, la commission chargée d'examiner le passé colonial de la Belgique au Congo, au Burundi et au Rwanda a été créée en juillet 2020, à la suite des manifestations Black Lives Ma...

    • 34 min
    S2 Episode 5: Jean Casimir & Michel DeGraff : Onè ak jistis: Avenues for reparations in Haiti

    S2 Episode 5: Jean Casimir & Michel DeGraff : Onè ak jistis: Avenues for reparations in Haiti

    In this episode of Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur, we have the honor of welcoming two eminent scholars of Haiti, Professors Jean Casimir and Michel DeGraff, who speak with us about the legacies of colonialism in Haiti and the ongoing fight for justice and repair for the island. Prof. Casimir discusses the place and role of the Haitian state in demands for reparations from France, as well as what solidarity with other movements for historical justice across Africa and its diasporas might loo...

    • 1 hr 6 min
    S2 Episode 4: Malcom Ferdinand : Le scandale du chlordécone et la continuité des violences coloniales en Martinique et en Guadeloupe

    S2 Episode 4: Malcom Ferdinand : Le scandale du chlordécone et la continuité des violences coloniales en Martinique et en Guadeloupe

    Dans cet épisode de Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur, Malcom Ferdinand, politiste et ingénieur en sciences environnementales martiniquais, revient sur le scandale sanitaire du chlordécone dans les territoires français d'outre-mer de la Martinique et de la Guadeloupe. Entre 1972 et 1993, le chlordécone, produit chimique hautement toxique, a été utilisé dans les bananeraies de Martinique et de Guadeloupe, alors que des études avaient déjà établi son caractère cancérigène et le développeme...

    • 43 min
    S2 Episode 3: Jephta Nguherimo: Reparations to restore dignity: Pursuing justice for the ovaHerero and Nama genocide in Namibia

    S2 Episode 3: Jephta Nguherimo: Reparations to restore dignity: Pursuing justice for the ovaHerero and Nama genocide in Namibia

    In this episode of Future Perfect | Futur Antérieur, Jephta Nguherimo, founder of the OvaHerero People’s Memorial and Reconstruction Foundation, speaks to us about the legacies of Germany’s genocide of the ovaHerero and Nama people in 1904-1908. It is not common knowledge that Germany’s first concentration camps were in Namibia; the camps were among the tools of genocide employed by the German colonial state. Describing how the genocide’s impact endures in Namibia’s landscape, in bodies, in f...

    • 51 min
    S2 Episode 1: Mireille-Tsheusi Robert : En quête de respect et de justice : regards sur les luttes antiracistes et décoloniales en Belgique (French)

    S2 Episode 1: Mireille-Tsheusi Robert : En quête de respect et de justice : regards sur les luttes antiracistes et décoloniales en Belgique (French)

    Dans cet épisode, Mireille-Tsheusi Robert, activiste antiraciste, afro-féministe et décoloniale de longue date, présente une histoire et une analyse complexes de l'activisme décolonial en Belgique. Décrivant son parcours au cours des 25 dernières années, elle présente les défis de l'activisme antiraciste et décolonial en Belgique. Dans ses propos, on voit ainsi la manière dont les revendications du mouvement BLM de 2020 en Belgique s'inscrivent dans la continuité des revendications des acteur...

    • 58 min
    S2 Episode 2: Kwanza Musi dos Santos: The need for an intersectional approach to fighting racism in Italy (English)

    S2 Episode 2: Kwanza Musi dos Santos: The need for an intersectional approach to fighting racism in Italy (English)

    In this episode, Kwanza Musi dos Santos, Italian activist and co-founder of anti-racist organization Questaèroma, speaks with us about the state of the struggle against racism and xenophobia in Italy. Among other topics, Kwanza discusses the challenges of Italy’s citizenship law, how the country’s colonial past and migration are addressed in national politics, and the implications of the recent election of a far-right government for the fight against racism (it’s not as straightforward as you...

    • 45 min

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