Participation in the event "Pan-African Unity or Perish: A Call for the Abolition of Neocolonialism"

On day 2 of the Convention "Pan African Unity or Perish: A Call for the Abolition of Neocolonialism"Karina Bidaseca, co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group Epistemologies of the South, and Rosa Campoalegre Septien, coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group Afro-descendants and counter-hegemonic proposals, were invited to participate.

The aforementioned event, organized by the Africa Unity Movement for Decolonization, took place between July 21 and 23 and featured the participation of leading thinkers from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as exponents of the social sciences and humanities from Africa and Europe.

The aforementioned researchers from CLACSO gave a presentation entitled "Decolonizing History: The Creation of the University of the African Diaspora within the Framework of the Decade for People of African Descent" in which they recovered the legacy of great Afro-feminists such as Audre Lorde, Angela Davis and Lélia González; Caribbean thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Édouard Glissant; and the African principle Ubuntu: I am because we are.

As a decolonizing practice, they proposed the creation of the University of the African Diaspora in 2020, which functions as a pedagogical space hosting a wide range of educational programs. It is grounded in ancestral knowledge, scientific and technological advancements in various fields, and the collaboration between academia and the Afro-descendant movement.

Furthermore, citing Audre Lorde's great work "Sister Outsider", Bidaseca and Campoalegre emphasized "Without community there is no liberation" as "The master's house is not dismantled with the master's tools", as the celebration of love and the bonds of brotherhood to found South-South international solidarity among peoples. 

Next, we invite you to relive their interventions within the framework of this important activity: