Zombies and the Demonisation of African Spirituality. Nzingha lecture 39 October 6, 2018 at 5:30 PM – 8 PM
Zhana 451
This will be another offering from London Black History Walks, sure to be highly informative. See below for the description and to book.
See also: African Gods and Goddesses: Nzingha lecture 39
Regards,
Zombies are popular in Western film and TV but their roots in a perversion of Caribbean and African spirituality are routinely ignored. In addition, the zombie itself is often used as a metaphor for current racial and political situations. In this interactive presentation we will cover:
- Demonisation of African spirituality, how, why and by whom
- The Haitian revolution's secret weapon
- African civilisation and spiritual systems pre European invasion
- Religion as suppression/liberation
- Political messages in horror movies and tv shows 1932 to 2018
- Night of the Living Dead to the Walking Dead
- Why does the black guy always have to die?
This presentation will be delivered by Dr Michelle Asantewa.
About the Nzingha lecture series: Queen Nzinga was an African
Queen who fought against the European invasion of southern Africa
(Congo/Angola). The Queen Nzinga lecture series feature African female
academics / holders of expert knowledge, speaking on topics of their
choice. The Nzinga lecture series will provide a regular platform for
women of African descent to highlight important issues in an academic
setting.
Other coming events www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk :
- African Women Resistance Leaders: Political and Spiritual course.
- Secrets of Soho walk
- Hackney's Black History Walk
- Black Films and White Power :10 Years of African Odysseys.
- Black Power Women of Brixton walk
- African Superheroes Day
- Black Panthers real African history and the books to prove it
- What were Black people doing in World War 1 ?
- Black British Civil Rights
2018
• 50 Years since the police killing of David Oluwale
• 50 years since MLK was assassinated
• 60 Years since the Notting Hill Racist Riots
• 60 years since the establishment of the West Indian Standing Conference
• 70 years of Windrush
• 100 years of Women having the vote
About the Speaker:Dr Michelle Asantewa
Michelle Yaa Asantewa was born in Guyana in 1969. At age 10, she migrated to the UK to reunite with her mother. Her interest in African traditional spiritual practices and cultural identity prompted her to do a PhD on the Guyanese Komfa ritual.
She formerly lectured in English Literature, Editing and Creative
Writing at London Metropolitan University and currently facilitates a
range of writing workshops as an Independent Scholar.
She co-founded Way Wive Wordz Publishing, Editing and Tuition services with Ateinda Ausarntu through which she has published her first novel, Elijah and The Awakening and Other Poems and the more recent titles – her PhD Thesis, Guyanese Komfa: the ritual art of trance, Mama Lou Tales: a folkloric biography of a Guyanese elder and Something Buried in the Yard (and extracted novella from her PhD) were launched in July 2016. She writes a regular blog – Way Wive Wordz for the spiritual creative and currently lives in London
Another FREE event from London Black History Walks.