Pride Afrique 2020 brings you three levels of storytelling: structural, relational, and personal. These three areas guide our choice of stories and events. We believe our stories cannot be one-dimensional as queer Africans.
During these three days, you will hear from, and about the communities within our large collective. You will listen to the voices of Presidents, policymakers, and from a parade of LGBTQI Africans at home and abroad. Inside our storytelling arena, you will discover the rhythms of our resilience, the beauty of our vulnerability, and the kaleidoscope of rainbow colors in languages and dialects that can only be experienced.
DAY 1
August 14, 2020
STORIES THAT FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE: SYSTEMS, CULTURES, & NORMS
Day One stories and performances speak to structural and systemic narratives that shape the afro queer experiences. This includes the legislative tools in our various countries, the African Union policies. It also includes cultural norms and belief systems that have shaped many of our narratives. The big question driving the day one stories is: is queerness unafrican?
DAY 2
August 15, 2020
STORIES THAT FOCUS ON FINDING ONE’S TRIBE AND THE TELLING OF OUR STORIES
Day Two stories are relational stories that explore how we find our tribes, how we tell our stories or reclaim our narratives, and, most importantly, how we navigate uncharted territories of identity and society.
DAY 3
August 16, 2020
STORIES THAT CENTER OUR WELLBEING IN SPITE OF THE HARSH REALITIES AROUND US
Day Three brings the storytelling festival of Pride Afrique home to the self. It takes us into our personal spaces, physical, social, mental, and spiritual. Who am I? These stories are how we take care of ourselves despite the harsh realities around us.