We have the program of the conference on Decolonization, Diaspora and the African Food Systems, which will be held from the 2nd to 3rd July 2024, at the Africa Museum Tervuren, Belgium

Here is the registration link: https://www.eventbrite.be/.../decolonization-diasporas...

                                 

Programme

Conference; Decolonization, Diaspora and the African Food Systems

2nd to 3rd July 2024

Africa Museum Tervuren, Belgium

8.30 – 9.30                      Welcome & Registration

9.30 – 9.40                      Welcome Remarks by Dr Maureen Duru & Dr Sarah O’Neill

9.45 – 10.25                    Keynote by Prof Adams Bodomo, Head of African Studies Department University of Vienna, Austria

10.30 – 11. 15                 Breakout session “What do you understand by decolonizing the African food system?”: Followed by interactive discussions

11.15 – 11.30                  Coffee Break    

11.35 – 12.40                  Precolonial and colonial African foodways 

• Karina Ramos - The relationship between food consumption and territoriality in Luanda's colonial urban space (1949-1973)
• Iradukunda M Tema - La nutrition à l’africaine, le Sorgho aliment traditionnel burundais
• Birgit Ricquier - Early Foodways in Northeast Congo: Shots of History Distilled by means of Comparative Linguistics
• Maud Devos - Stilled objects versus cultural histories. Reconnecting museum objects related to coffee and cassava to past and present Tetela vocabularies.

12.45 – 13.30                 Diaspora Foodways              

• Michael Abwami Innocent - Exploring The Influence Of African Diasporas On Food Practices: A Development Communication Perspective
• Jahlani Niaah, Nicole Plummer, Sonjah Stanley Niaah - Decolonizing the Palate: Rastafari's Evolution of Ital Nutrition
• Philip Umaru, Azubuike Erinugha - Exploring African Food in Contexts: Implications for Diasporic Communities
• Sarah O’Neill & Maureen Duru – Mapping the African Food legacy in Belgium: the Vyakulani Project

•  Lunch – Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

14.20 – 15.10                Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

• Sarah De Smet, Smaranda Boros, Charlene Zietsma, Karijn Bonne and Claire Maréchal - Women immigrant entrepreneurs in Belgium: Strategies to belong
• Eduardo da Silva Oliveira: Decolonising Sustainability: Implementing Divergent Pedagogies for African-Centred Business Sustainability Management Solutions
• Suzanne Awung, Founder Suzy Farms Corp Cameroon

15.15 – 15.45                Coffee break and nutritious food cooking demonstration

• Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

 

• – 17.30 African Diaspora food in literature

                               A workshop with Prof Adams Bodomo and other African authors

 

DAY TWO 

8.30 – 9.25                    Welcome & Registration

• – 10.45 Health and Nutrition -

• Emiel de Meyer - Medicinal plant use among the Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo) community in Belgium
• Laura Van Damme - Plant use and perceptions in the context of sexual health among people of Congolese descent in Belgium
• Helen Bour, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Karina Benessaiah, Elena Bennett, Oonsie Reinette Biggs, Nyasha Magadzire - The Role Of Seeds In Transforming Food Systems In Coastal Areas In Ghana
• Food as medicine and heritage – Dr Stella Iwuagwu

10.50- 11.20                           Side activity

 

• From Congo to Belgium: culinary journeys and stories

                                        Du Congo à la Belgique : voyages culinaires et histoires

 

11.25 – 11.40                 Coffee Break

11.45 – 13.00                   Food Sovereignty and Climate change

• Nicole Plummer, Marisa Wilson, Charmaine McKenzie, Inna Yaneva-Toraman, Thera Edwards, Patricia Northover, Sylvia Adjoa Mitchell, Anthony Richards, Kasikeiani Ronalda Pairman - Achieving Climate Justice Through a Decolonized Approach to Food Heritage
• Ndidi Nwaneri - ONUNAKA FARMS – 2021-2023
• Jutta Kleber - Relying on indigenous knowledge for sound agriculture, food and health systems - experiences from East-Africa

13.05 – 13.45               Lunch - Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen Food Truck

 

13.50 – 14.40                     Food Policy and Governance

• Marthe Djuikom - Politiques de développement et mutations en milieu rural africain
• Aya Kasasa - Diaspora Desk, Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACP)
• Guggi Laryea - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

14.45 -15. 50             Panel Discussion “what is the Future for African Food Systems”

                                  moderated by Ms Paddy Siyanga

                                  Panelists TBC

15.55 – 17. 20             Vote of thanks and networking

                       

8.30 – 9.30                      Welcome & Registration

9.30 – 9.40                      Welcome Remarks by Dr Maureen Duru & Dr Sarah O’Neill

9.45 – 10.25                    Keynote by Prof Adams Bodomo, Head of African Studies Department University of Vienna, Austria

10.30 – 11. 15                 Breakout session “What do you understand by decolonizing the African food system?”: Followed by interactive discussions

11.15 – 11.30                  Coffee Break    

11.35 – 12.40                  Precolonial and colonial African foodways 

• Karina Ramos - The relationship between food consumption and territoriality in Luanda's colonial urban space (1949-1973)
• Iradukunda M Tema - La nutrition à l’africaine, le Sorgho aliment traditionnel burundais
• Birgit Ricquier - Early Foodways in Northeast Congo: Shots of History Distilled by means of Comparative Linguistics
• Maud Devos - Stilled objects versus cultural histories. Reconnecting museum objects related to coffee and cassava to past and present Tetela vocabularies.

12.45 – 13.30                 Diaspora Foodways              

• Michael Abwami Innocent - Exploring The Influence Of African Diasporas On Food Practices: A Development Communication Perspective
• Jahlani Niaah, Nicole Plummer, Sonjah Stanley Niaah - Decolonizing the Palate: Rastafari's Evolution of Ital Nutrition
• Philip Umaru, Azubuike Erinugha - Exploring African Food in Contexts: Implications for Diasporic Communities
• Sarah O’Neill & Maureen Duru – Mapping the African Food legacy in Belgium: the Vyakulani Project

•  Lunch – Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

14.20 – 15.10                Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

• Sarah De Smet, Smaranda Boros, Charlene Zietsma, Karijn Bonne and Claire Maréchal - Women immigrant entrepreneurs in Belgium: Strategies to belong
• Eduardo da Silva Oliveira: Decolonising Sustainability: Implementing Divergent Pedagogies for African-Centred Business Sustainability Management Solutions
• Suzanne Awung, Founder Suzy Farms Corp Cameroon

15.15 – 15.45                Coffee break and nutritious food cooking demonstration

• Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

 

• – 17.30 African Diaspora food in literature

                               A workshop with Prof Adams Bodomo and other African authors

 

DAY TWO 

8.30 – 9.25                    Welcome & Registration

• – 10.45 Health and Nutrition -

• Emiel de Meyer - Medicinal plant use among the Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo) community in Belgium
• Laura Van Damme - Plant use and perceptions in the context of sexual health among people of Congolese descent in Belgium
• Helen Bour, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Karina Benessaiah, Elena Bennett, Oonsie Reinette Biggs, Nyasha Magadzire - The Role Of Seeds In Transforming Food Systems In Coastal Areas In Ghana
• Food as medicine and heritage – Dr Stella Iwuagwu

10.50- 11.20                           Side activity

 

• From Congo to Belgium: culinary journeys and stories

                                        Du Congo à la Belgique : voyages culinaires et histoires

 

11.25 – 11.40                 Coffee Break

11.45 – 13.00                   Food Sovereignty and Climate change

• Nicole Plummer, Marisa Wilson, Charmaine McKenzie, Inna Yaneva-Toraman, Thera Edwards, Patricia Northover, Sylvia Adjoa Mitchell, Anthony Richards, Kasikeiani Ronalda Pairman - Achieving Climate Justice Through a Decolonized Approach to Food Heritage
• Ndidi Nwaneri - ONUNAKA FARMS – 2021-2023
• Jutta Kleber - Relying on indigenous knowledge for sound agriculture, food and health systems - experiences from East-Africa

13.05 – 13.45               Lunch - Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen Food Truck

 

13.50 – 14.40                     Food Policy and Governance

• Marthe Djuikom - Politiques de développement et mutations en milieu rural africain
• Aya Kasasa - Diaspora Desk, Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACP)
• Guggi Laryea - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

14.45 -15. 50             Panel Discussion “what is the Future for African Food Systems”

                                  moderated by Ms Paddy Siyanga

                                  Panelists TBC

15.55 – 17. 20             Vote of thanks and networking

                       

                            

                           

 Programme

Conference; Decolonization, Diaspora and the African Food Systems

2nd to 3rd July 2024

Africa Museum Tervuren, Belgium

8.30 – 9.30                      Welcome & Registration

9.30 – 9.40                      Welcome Remarks by Dr Maureen Duru & Dr Sarah O’Neill

9.45 – 10.25                    Keynote by Prof Adams Bodomo, Head of African Studies Department University of Vienna, Austria

10.30 – 11. 15                 Breakout session “What do you understand by decolonizing the African food system?”: Followed by interactive discussions

11.15 – 11.30                  Coffee Break    

11.35 – 12.40                  Precolonial and colonial African foodways 

• Karina Ramos - The relationship between food consumption and territoriality in Luanda's colonial urban space (1949-1973)
• Iradukunda M Tema - La nutrition à l’africaine, le Sorgho aliment traditionnel burundais
• Birgit Ricquier - Early Foodways in Northeast Congo: Shots of History Distilled by means of Comparative Linguistics
• Maud Devos - Stilled objects versus cultural histories. Reconnecting museum objects related to coffee and cassava to past and present Tetela vocabularies.

12.45 – 13.30                 Diaspora Foodways              

• Michael Abwami Innocent - Exploring The Influence Of African Diasporas On Food Practices: A Development Communication Perspective
• Jahlani Niaah, Nicole Plummer, Sonjah Stanley Niaah - Decolonizing the Palate: Rastafari's Evolution of Ital Nutrition
• Philip Umaru, Azubuike Erinugha - Exploring African Food in Contexts: Implications for Diasporic Communities
• Sarah O’Neill & Maureen Duru – Mapping the African Food legacy in Belgium: the Vyakulani Project

•  Lunch – Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

14.20 – 15.10                Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

• Sarah De Smet, Smaranda Boros, Charlene Zietsma, Karijn Bonne and Claire Maréchal - Women immigrant entrepreneurs in Belgium: Strategies to belong
• Eduardo da Silva Oliveira: Decolonising Sustainability: Implementing Divergent Pedagogies for African-Centred Business Sustainability Management Solutions
• Suzanne Awung, Founder Suzy Farms Corp Cameroon

15.15 – 15.45                Coffee break and nutritious food cooking demonstration

• Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

 

• – 17.30 African Diaspora food in literature

                               A workshop with Prof Adams Bodomo and other African authors

 

DAY TWO 

8.30 – 9.25                    Welcome & Registration

• – 10.45 Health and Nutrition -

• Emiel de Meyer - Medicinal plant use among the Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo) community in Belgium
• Laura Van Damme - Plant use and perceptions in the context of sexual health among people of Congolese descent in Belgium
• Helen Bour, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Karina Benessaiah, Elena Bennett, Oonsie Reinette Biggs, Nyasha Magadzire - The Role Of Seeds In Transforming Food Systems In Coastal Areas In Ghana
• Food as medicine and heritage – Dr Stella Iwuagwu

10.50- 11.20                           Side activity

 

• From Congo to Belgium: culinary journeys and stories

                                        Du Congo à la Belgique : voyages culinaires et histoires

 

11.25 – 11.40                 Coffee Break

11.45 – 13.00                   Food Sovereignty and Climate change

• Nicole Plummer, Marisa Wilson, Charmaine McKenzie, Inna Yaneva-Toraman, Thera Edwards, Patricia Northover, Sylvia Adjoa Mitchell, Anthony Richards, Kasikeiani Ronalda Pairman - Achieving Climate Justice Through a Decolonized Approach to Food Heritage
• Ndidi Nwaneri - ONUNAKA FARMS – 2021-2023
• Jutta Kleber - Relying on indigenous knowledge for sound agriculture, food and health systems - experiences from East-Africa

13.05 – 13.45               Lunch - Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen Food Truck

 

13.50 – 14.40                     Food Policy and Governance

• Marthe Djuikom - Politiques de développement et mutations en milieu rural africain
• Aya Kasasa - Diaspora Desk, Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACP)
• Guggi Laryea - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

14.45 -15. 50             Panel Discussion “what is the Future for African Food Systems”

                                  moderated by Ms Paddy Siyanga

                                  Panelists TBC

15.55 – 17. 20             Vote of thanks and networking

                       

8.30 – 9.30                      Welcome & Registration

9.30 – 9.40                      Welcome Remarks by Dr Maureen Duru & Dr Sarah O’Neill

9.45 – 10.25                    Keynote by Prof Adams Bodomo, Head of African Studies Department University of Vienna, Austria

10.30 – 11. 15                 Breakout session “What do you understand by decolonizing the African food system?”: Followed by interactive discussions

11.15 – 11.30                  Coffee Break    

11.35 – 12.40                  Precolonial and colonial African foodways 

• Karina Ramos - The relationship between food consumption and territoriality in Luanda's colonial urban space (1949-1973)
• Iradukunda M Tema - La nutrition à l’africaine, le Sorgho aliment traditionnel burundais
• Birgit Ricquier - Early Foodways in Northeast Congo: Shots of History Distilled by means of Comparative Linguistics
• Maud Devos - Stilled objects versus cultural histories. Reconnecting museum objects related to coffee and cassava to past and present Tetela vocabularies.

12.45 – 13.30                 Diaspora Foodways              

• Michael Abwami Innocent - Exploring The Influence Of African Diasporas On Food Practices: A Development Communication Perspective
• Jahlani Niaah, Nicole Plummer, Sonjah Stanley Niaah - Decolonizing the Palate: Rastafari's Evolution of Ital Nutrition
• Philip Umaru, Azubuike Erinugha - Exploring African Food in Contexts: Implications for Diasporic Communities
• Sarah O’Neill & Maureen Duru – Mapping the African Food legacy in Belgium: the Vyakulani Project

•  Lunch – Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

14.20 – 15.10                Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

• Sarah De Smet, Smaranda Boros, Charlene Zietsma, Karijn Bonne and Claire Maréchal - Women immigrant entrepreneurs in Belgium: Strategies to belong
• Eduardo da Silva Oliveira: Decolonising Sustainability: Implementing Divergent Pedagogies for African-Centred Business Sustainability Management Solutions
• Suzanne Awung, Founder Suzy Farms Corp Cameroon

15.15 – 15.45                Coffee break and nutritious food cooking demonstration

• Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen

 

• – 17.30 African Diaspora food in literature

                               A workshop with Prof Adams Bodomo and other African authors

 

DAY TWO 

8.30 – 9.25                    Welcome & Registration

• – 10.45 Health and Nutrition -

• Emiel de Meyer - Medicinal plant use among the Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo) community in Belgium
• Laura Van Damme - Plant use and perceptions in the context of sexual health among people of Congolese descent in Belgium
• Helen Bour, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Karina Benessaiah, Elena Bennett, Oonsie Reinette Biggs, Nyasha Magadzire - The Role Of Seeds In Transforming Food Systems In Coastal Areas In Ghana
• Food as medicine and heritage – Dr Stella Iwuagwu

10.50- 11.20                           Side activity

 

• From Congo to Belgium: culinary journeys and stories

                                        Du Congo à la Belgique : voyages culinaires et histoires

 

11.25 – 11.40                 Coffee Break

11.45 – 13.00                   Food Sovereignty and Climate change

• Nicole Plummer, Marisa Wilson, Charmaine McKenzie, Inna Yaneva-Toraman, Thera Edwards, Patricia Northover, Sylvia Adjoa Mitchell, Anthony Richards, Kasikeiani Ronalda Pairman - Achieving Climate Justice Through a Decolonized Approach to Food Heritage
• Ndidi Nwaneri - ONUNAKA FARMS – 2021-2023
• Jutta Kleber - Relying on indigenous knowledge for sound agriculture, food and health systems - experiences from East-Africa

13.05 – 13.45               Lunch - Chef Alagie, Banjul Kitchen Food Truck

 

13.50 – 14.40                     Food Policy and Governance

• Marthe Djuikom - Politiques de développement et mutations en milieu rural africain
• Aya Kasasa - Diaspora Desk, Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACP)
• Guggi Laryea - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

14.45 -15. 50             Panel Discussion “what is the Future for African Food Systems”

                                  moderated by Ms Paddy Siyanga

                                  Panelists TBC

15.55 – 17. 20             Vote of thanks and networking