Description
EKO is a Black feminist political education initiative by Mwasi collective, bringing together activists, artists and academics with a deep knowledge of a certain topic connected to Black studies, stories and struggle.
With EKO we want to :
- disseminate knowledge to help take action, in the French context where anti-Blackness, ethnonationalism and authoritarian, patriarchal capitalism are relentless
- confront reactionary trends on gender, sexuality and class, as well as divisions within our communities, in a context of the rise of Black masculinism in popular and academic discourse
- introduce political organisations to no-academic Black radical methodology, and offer a space for collective knowledge production grounded in our communities and our struggles.
To do that, we offer :
Public conferences
Open to all through registration, in person in Paris. These interactive sessions are a half day and are centred on a particular theme with a guest.
2025-2026 Program
December 2025 - Introduction to the Concepts of Race and Racialization - Ingrid Chateau
February 2026 - Kink: An Afrofeminist Perspective on Unconventional Sexual Practices - Nathalie Brataville
March 2026 - Genocide in Sudan: Women's Bodies as Battlefield and Feminist Resistance - Eiman Omer
April 2026 - Migration, Borders, and Surveillance - Jennifer Kamau
May 2026 - Caring for Our Minds and Bodies: Mental Health, Postpartum, and Self-Care from an Afrofeminist Perspective - Jessica Galanth
2024-2025 Program
December 2024 - The Impact of Afro-descendant Women's Cultures on Their Emotional and Sexual Lives - Anaïs Alachède
January 2025 - Black Studies in France - Maboula Soumahoro
February 2025 - Building Solidarity in the Face of the Rise of the Far Right in England - Alexandra Kelbert
March 2025 - Sex, Gender, and Society: Engendering African Social Sciences - Fatou Sow
2023-2024 Program
December 2023 - AfroTrans-Transvestite Pedagogies. A France-Brazil Dialogue with Michaëla Danjé (Cases Rebelles) and Maria Clara Araújo
January 2024 - Digital Racial Capitalism: From Observation to Struggle - Peggy Pierrot
March 2023 - Patriarchy: History, Benefits, and Costs for Men - Ghislain Youdji
April 2024 - Captive Maternal and Revolutionary Love - Joy James x Cases Rebelles
Training courses
This course is for activists who are part of community organising groups, activist and political organisations. Each cycle is composed of ten 2-hour sessions, for a group of 20 people max. This training course will have 8 sessions on Zoom, and also 2 sessions in person in Paris. At the end of each cycle, a small piece of work will be created collectively.
The cost of participating in this course should be covered by the organisation registering people for it, and it is donation-based.
2025-2026 Program
March-June 2026 - Beyond the Walls: The Black Condition, Gender, and the Politics of the Imaginary in Fiction - Fania Noël
March-June 2026 - Learning, Knowing, and Explaining Anti-Carceralism - Ana Laura and Nabintou
2024-2025 Program
December 2024 to May 2025: Socio-history of Black women's mobilizations in France - Ingrid Chateau
2023-2024 Program
September to December 2023: Black Masculinities & Black Antifeminisms - Ghislain Youdji.
January to April 2024: Digital Technologies, Racism, Cognition, and Society - Peggy Pierrot
