Afems 2021 - In search of our Shrines: feminist healing and the Politics of love
Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Wesnesday, 3 November 2021, 10.30 - 11.0

Recorded Book Launch 3

Tiffany W-Herard & Dee Marco | Sasinda and Siselapha (Still Here)

Discussant: Michael Santiago Roman

Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 11 - 12

Workshop 5: Injairu Kulundu | Regenerative Soundscapes That Call Us Home

(Incl: Acoustic Music)

Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 12 - 13

Workshop 6: Danai Mupotsa | Kin

Online Session

Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 15 - 16

Panel 6: Racial and Diasporic Imaginaries

Azille Coetzee & Bibi Burger | The Intersectional Poetry of Ronelda Kamfer as Corrective to The Race Logic of Whitestream Feminisms

Kananelo Tsuene | The Multi-Placedness of Home in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

Gayatri Aich | Women of Colour: Body Politics and Identity in Girl, Woman, Other

Chair: Dee Marco

Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 16 - 16.30

Recorded Performance 3

Gertrude Fester | The Spirit Cannot Be Caged

Kim Reynolds | Becoming

Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 16.30 - 17.30

Panel 7: Love and Desire

Candace King | Exploring Desire, Healing and Sexual Autonomy In 'Ovy’s Voice'

Breya Johnson | Black Women and The Politics of Radical Love

Sharlene Khan | 'Love Is Never Better Than the Lover': A Visual Consideration of Love in Four Parts

Chair: Grace Musila

Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 17.30 - 18.30

Featured Panel 2: Environmental Feminisms

Poet on Watch, Yvette Abrahams, Jacqui Dichabe, Michelle Pressend | Love in the Midst of Climate Change (Incl. Film)

Chair: Natasha Vally