Join us for an evening of film and rich discussion @ the Library of Africa & the African Diaspora, Accra, Ghana.
Dr Walter Rodney was an activist scholar killed in his prime for the work he was doing to bring about a better world.
Directed by father-son team Arlen Harris and Daniyal Harris-Vajda, the film explores the Cold War conspiracies, Black Power activism, and end of Empire politics surrounding Rodney’s life and death and how these connect to modern-day policing, surveillance practices, and social movements.
The film features personal contributions from Professor Patricia Rodney (Walter Rodney Foundation) and prominent historians, activists, and scholars like Angela Davis, Gina Miller, and former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar, among others.
For this screening, we are honoured to welcome Professor Patricia Rodney and Director Arlen Harris as our special guests for the post-film Q&A
ADDITIONALLY, FOR OUR PALM WINE GROUNDINGS AND REASONING WE ARE HONOURED TO WELCOME:
Anakwa Dwamena - a freelance journalist, researcher, and editor focusing on the African diaspora. Inspired by African traditional religion, his work centers on the discovery, analysis, and preservation of African indigenous knowledge systems, narratives, and ancient ways of seeing and understanding the world through culture and memory.
Namata Serumaga-Musisi - a Pan Africanist with roots in Uganda. An architecture graduate, her work is intended to facilitate the movement towards decoloniality, focusing on the People of Africa and the Global South, and how we can facilitate the reclamation of African identity as defined by inhabited space and its making. Architecture led Namata to Socialism. She serves as Commander of Creative Arts & Communications with Ghana-based Nkrumahist movement, the Economic Fighters League.
Connie Bell - the co founder of Decolonising the Archive, a cultural producer and memory worker based in the United Kingdom. Connie’s work contributes to the development of strategies and methods for the identification, formation and access of ‘the archive’ by people of African heritage.
Walter Rodney: What They Do ‘t Want You To Know’ premiered at the British Film Institute’s largest screen to a sold-out auditorium. It is a must-watch for those seeking to understand the legacies of empire and colonialism and its impact on the modern world.
This event is organised by Decolonising the Archive (DTA), UK, and the Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD), Ghana.
Special Thanks to The Walter Rodney Foundation & The Ameena Gafoor Institute.
