Black Self-Organisation in Portugal - Beatriz Gomes Dias
Channel: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Date: 15/09/2022

Beatriz Gomes Dias' lecture was part of the conference "Black Europe: The Beginnings of Black Self-Organization in Europe". Hosted by Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and Initiative Schwarzer Menschen in Deutschland e.V. from 10.-12. of June 2022 in Berlin.

Black and Afro-European communities are fixtures of most European metropolises today. Their roots often go back decades, sometimes even centuries. The presence of people of at least partial African ancestry firmly belongs to Europe’s history, present and future.

But when, where and how did Black people in Europe begin to organize themselves? The conference “Black Europe” intended to get to the bottom of this question. Together, we explored what Black people have done to unite and collectively represent their interests under the adverse conditions they face in racist societies.  

Further information: https://www.rosalux.de/dokumentation/id/46753