Rethinking Africa 2020 | Independence begins with self-image and the image of others | Koketso Moeti
Channel: medico international
Date: 2020-12-04

Rethinking Africa 2020 | 60 years of nominal Independence: Independence begins with self-image and the image of others. From the decolonization of the imagination to creative existence

Measured by their potential, many countries on the continent of Africa could have been much further than they are. In addition to economic dependence, the reality in many countries is characterized by poor economic, political and social governance. This leads to many conflicts that exacerbate poverty and hinder the development of these countries. Many voices from the continent are making themselves heard with the view that the solutions to these challenges depend essentially on a spiritual renewal of the people. It is a matter of freeing oneself from foreign constructions and from the devaluation of one's own "cultural and epistemic coordination systems" (Felwine Sarr) through colonialism and its continuation, and based on self-determined perceptions be able to challenge the power relations, the economic and cultural dominance of the present. 


In this last event in the series "60 Years of Independence", Rethinking Africa wants to deal with the necessity of decolonizing the imagination in order to develop its potentials.

Speaker Koketso Moeti is a civic activist based in South Africa and founder of amandla.mobi, a cell phone based collective action tool with a community of over 250,000 people mainly from low income Black women most affected by injustice. Her presentation centres on decolonizing feminist thinking and the social justice sector. 

A joint event series by KASA, medico international, EPN Hessen, Zentrum Oekumene, Haus am Dom, Hessen entwickeln, the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) and the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing