Thirty years ago, a 71-year-old Nelson Mandela walked out of the then-Victor Verster prison, an hour’s drive away from Cape Town. He had entered prison as a young fighter and emerged as an elder statesman, more open to negotiation, but still willing to go toe to toe when needed.
Read MorePhotos and remarks by Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot from “Racial Equity: Building a Liberatory Future for 2020 and Beyond,” a panel discussion held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Read MoreIn June, the 2019 Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity gathered in Magaliesburg, a small, mountainous town 70 kilometers outside Johannesburg, South Africa. This gathering, which marked the first module of the second year of the AFRE programme, was geared towards kickstarting a journey of personal development for each Fellow whilst being in community with other changemakers.
Read MoreOn 26-27 September 2019, AFRE co-hosted a two-day symposium in collaboration with the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department (Columbia University) and the Department of Africana Studies (Barnard College), marking the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in the U.S.
Read MoreFellows from the seven Atlantic Institute programmes, spanning five continents and 61 countries, descended upon Oxford University for the inaugural global Senior Fellow convening. Rhodes House was filled with a passion the builders most likely never anticipated: that of revolutionary humanity, unapologetic Blackness and resilient peace-making.
Read MoreThe Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) has announced its second cohort of Atlantic Fellows—20 leaders from across South Africa and the United States who are employing a broad spectrum of strategies to end anti-Black racism in the two countries and to build a more equitable world.
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