Sista Zai's Storytime (How Europe Underdeveloped Africa)

Sista Zai’s Storytime: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa#BlackBougieAndQuestioningCapitalism

This is a 6 week-long storytelling season hosted by @sistazai for her project, Flip The Script.

REGISTRATION CLOSES Sunday 14 April 2024.

The season runs from Sunday 21 April 2024 - Sunday 26 May 2024

WHAT TO EXPECT

We will mostly discuss the book "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" through specific works of Black Art (poetry, songs, visual art and short fiction) and art in general.

Throughout our journey, will focus on four questions:

• How has Africa made “First World” nations wealthy for over 500 years? 

• What did Walter Rodney have to say in “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”?

• Is Walter Rodney's work still relevant? Here we really dip into visual art, music, poetry and stories to ground into contemporary times and unpack.

• How can we use all of this learning to bring about transformation in our lives today - is this text still a useful guide for how to build collective care and thriving into how we do relationships, projects, business and approach any economic relationship?

THIS OFFERING IS FOR FOLKS WHO

❤️ centre Africa and Black creativity and philosophy in liberation work; 

🖤 curious and ready to deepen critical thinking skills (value asking questions and exploration more than having “right” and “complete” answers);

💚 learn through storytelling, lived experience and art as much, if not more than textbooks and “experts”;

🍉 wish to join in and contribute (however you feel is most comfortable) as an equal in a collective learning/unlearning experience; and

🍉 seek to apply the knowledge and information learned to transform how they choose show up in the world vs learning in order to have new facts and stories to entertain folks at a dinner party or impress or debate to win an argument.

REGISTRATION

Register from 8pm Friday 8 March 2024 until midnight Monday 15 April 2024

Places are limited in order to provide a deeper learning experience.

COURSE MATERIALS

Everything is provided.

You do not have to read the text, "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" but copies of relevant paragraphs will be provided along with playlists, visual art, poems etc.

After registration, you will access a portal with the introductory materials, a PDF journal/workbook to support your preparation or integration or both.

You do not have to do any homework/preparation. You can choose how you best want to navigate this work.

ZOOM MEETINGS

Weekly online gatherings take place for an hour on Saturday/Sunday (depending on Timezone).

For those located in so-called "Australia, we commence on Sunday 21 April 2024 and wrap up on Sunday 26 May 2024 .

Our sessions run from 10.00am - 11.00am (AEST).

For our friends around the globe, please check your timezone.

EXCHANGE

Sliding Scale payment.

Starting from AU$120 || US$80 || GBP£63

Up to $AU450 || US$297 || GBP£233

WHAT IS SLIDING SCALE?

Sliding scale is a practice of (bell hooks) Love and community care.

Sliding Scale rooted in Love looks like a commitment to economic solidarity - NOT charity. 

Love looks like if you have more resources than most, under an unjust system you willingly and intentionally redistribute resources because you believe in shared enoughness over hoarding.

I trust you to make a decision that is equitable and rooted in truth.

Here's a helpful resource to guide you in your sliding scale decision-making.