Join DTA & University of Repair for our annual masterclass in Brixton, London, where the Afrikan Emancipation Day Reparations March will take place. Our special guest this year is Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham & Brixton Hill and Chair of the UK Paliamentary group (APPG) campaigning for Afrikan Reparations and Restitution.

Emancipation Day/Liberation Day is globally celebrated by many African-heritage communities on 1st August, to reflect the emancipation from enslavement in 1838 under the British Empire. The 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act outlawed the trading of enslaved people starting from 1st August 1834, but actually extended the period of enslavement until 1838 under the so-called “Apprenticeship” system (which was another form of of forced labour without compensation).

Masterclass

Seats Will Be Limited

Reframe the Narrative: Present self-repair as an act of resistance against systems (Maangamizi) that damaged our communities, rather than placing responsibility on individuals to "fix" what was broken by oppression. In this regard it is important to emphasize that our ancestors' survival strategies were themselves forms of repair that we're continuing.

Connect Archives to Living Practice: Use family archiving as a bridge between historical resistance and contemporary self-repair efforts. In this way we can show how documenting our stories of survival, Maangamizi resistance, Maangamizi counteraction and healing becomes both preservation and empowerment.

Highlight Collective Repair: Demonstrate how individual healing contributes to community restoration, which is itself a form of reparations. This shifts from personal responsibility to communal empowerment.