Black history is often approached through what has happened, what has been lost and what has survived. But what happens when we ask what that history requires from us today? This four-part programme, taking place as part of Black Activation Month, moves from knowing our histories towards understanding what we can do with that knowledge.

Initiated by South African writer, director, curator, activist and academic Karabo Maisela through her initiative O’Guluva, the programme is led by Karabo throughout its four sessions. As part of The Black Diaspora Institute, The Black Activation Movement has worked alongside her to further develop the programme, connecting it to the questions and ideas that have shaped our existing work.

Because knowing where we come from should do more than tell us something about the past. It can change how we understand the present, what we recognise in it, and the role we choose to take within it. Black Activation Month creates space for exactly that: to learn from what came before us, while considering what we are going to do with it now.