Featuring: Paula Akpan, Luke Pepera
Chair: Kayne Kawasaki
Frobishers 5, Level 4 (10 mins from Level 0)
Time: 4pm – 5pm
Who were we before colonialism told us who to be?
Join acclaimed authors Luke Pepera (Motherland) and Paula Akpan (When We Ruled) for a bold and expansive conversation on reclaiming African history — and with it, identity, pride, and power.
From Pepera’s sweeping exploration of 500,000 years of African civilisation to Akpan’s vivid retelling of the lives of African queens and warriors, this session unearths stories long silenced by empire and distortion.
Together, they’ll reflect on what it means to reconnect with ancestral truth, challenge historical erasure, and write ourselves back into the centre of our narratives.
This is more than history — it’s restoration, remembrance, and resistance.
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