This workshop will demonstrate how descendants of enslaved Afrobobe people have reclaimed their heritage by reconnecting to their roots in one of the smallest countries in Africa named Equatorial Guinea. It is the only Spanish speaking country in Africa. A map will be laid out as the presenter steps through the events that removed Africans from their island and forced to five particular countries across the world. Despite language barriers, descendants within the diaspora have reconnected with family and their native villages in addition those who remain spread across other lands that became home.
Although small in size, the Afrobobe people have proven time and time again that they are mighty in power by building resilience despite the many ways and forms that white supremacy and colonization attempts to carry out centuries old plans, efforts and narratives designed to wipe out the Afrobobo Tribe, ancestral memories, spiritual values and its language off planet earth. Tools and projects created by diasporans to preserve their culture and how it inspires and ignites unity amongst their society and tribe will be shared. Resisting the plan for “No Return” is a wild dream come true – our collective unity is making a powerful story and changing the narrative!
Afrobobe descendants is a living and breathing intergenerational framework that keeps the rites of passage and dream alive in enriching, empowering and sustainable ways through film, magazines, podcast, poetry, art and fashion. We are the wild dream come true, sho'nuff for our ancestors!