{"id":1152,"date":"2018-11-27T11:58:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T11:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2025-05-18T21:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:28:31","slug":"tokenism-to-black-elitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/tokenism-to-black-elitism\/","title":{"rendered":"From Tokenism to Black elitism: The peril of the African\/Black Communities (ABCs) in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PEACE Int. Germany presents: The African\/Black Identity Series (ABIS).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Tokenism to Black elitism: The peril of the African\/Black Communities (ABCs) in Germany <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Symposium Date: 15<sup>th<\/sup> December 2018<a href=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15.12.18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1159 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/15.12.18-300x151.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:18:00 \u2013 20:00 hrs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Place: SAVVY Contemporary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/search?q=savvy+contemporary+address&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LVT9c3NEzOrbA0zsnJ0JLNTrbSz8lPTizJzM-DM6wSU1KKUouLARHFy2UwAAAA&amp;ludocid=10146072533818571442&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjM1pvw0NneAhUDCuwKHfHUDkEQ6BMwEXoECAMQAw\"><strong>Address<\/strong><\/a><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Plantagenstra\u00dfe 31, 13347 Berlin<\/p>\n<p><strong>This event is only for the ABCs. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****************************<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the panel will be <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sister *Adjei Millicent and <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brother **Senfo Tonkam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moderator: Sister ***Anigo Badiane<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>***************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There will also be Community socialization after the Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Musician: Louis Jean from the group Irie Rainbow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ochieng Bridget &amp; Co. will present the African Dance Group TEMBO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1154 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen-266x266.jpg 266w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/queen.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>African\/Black Community (ABC) Networks and Movements in Germany are as old as colonialism, even dating back to the slave times. From trade to other varieties of derogatory and degrading contacts with and through our communities in the mother continent, its diaspora in Europe and Germany in particular, our people have suffered immensely.<\/p>\n<p>Through the last 8 decades, there have been African\/Black movements\u2019 demands for their rights and against racist treatments, tantamount to recognition in Germany as citizens. The last 3 decades have seen some incremental gains in the direction of Tokenistic human rights, which we will call tokenism.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, in the last 15 to 20 years, some ABC networks in Germany began calling not only for equal representation, rights and opportunity but also for the liberation, restoration and emancipation of Africa from colonial entanglement and bondage. Their main objective is the total political, economic and socio-cultural independence from the colonial yoke and grip.<\/p>\n<p>In these processes of Resistance of the African\/Black VOICES in Germany, there have been different if not conflicting demands and rules of engagement from the Black Communities towards the state and predominantly \u201cWhite Communities\u201d. Some dominant individuals and\/or groups with more resources have become the main VOICES, with the formation of certain \u201cElitist\u201d groups within the ABC, which we term \u201cBlack Elitism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In our very first discussion on \u201c<strong>The African\/Black Identity Series (ABIS)\u201d, <\/strong>we will be debating the \u201cTokenism\u201d and \u201cElitism\u201d within our Communities. We are going to use this event to analyse the different processes and the background ideologies behind them, scavenging through the different efforts to erect our VOICES in the German society. The purpose of this symposium is for peer exchanges and to diagnose the level of separation and the dangers of building parallel societies within our ABCs.<\/p>\n<p>We hope for the participation of concerned and enlightened members of our Communities. Your presence and contributions will be highly appreciated<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from under-represented groups in order to give the appearance of gender or racial equality within a workforce.<\/li>\n<li>Elitism is the belief or attitude that individuals who form an elite \u2014 a select group of people with a certain ancestry, intrinsic quality, high intellect, wealth, special skills, or experience \u2014 are more likely to be constructive to society as a whole, and therefore deserve influence or authority greater than that of others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more info and direct registration:<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:berlin@peace-int.org\">berlin@peace-int.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tel: +49(0)1708788124<\/p>\n<p>For donation or becoming a supporting member of PEACE e.V:<\/p>\n<p>Bank Info: F\u00f6rderverein PEACE e.V. IBAN (SWIFT): DE75 1005 0000 0190 7125 38 BIC: BELADEBEXXX Institute: Sparkasse Berlin<\/p>\n<p>Donations to PEACE e.V. are tax deductible Registered at the register of associations at the district court of Charlottenburg (to VR 36062 B) Tax No.: 27\/675\/51184<\/p>\n<p>Supporting Networks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/savvy_logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1158\" src=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/savvy_logo-300x43.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/savvy_logo-300x43.png 300w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/savvy_logo-768x110.png 768w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/savvy_logo-1024x147.png 1024w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/savvy_logo.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/197203_430211453707951_172317581_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1156\" src=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/197203_430211453707951_172317581_n-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/197203_430211453707951_172317581_n-300x117.jpg 300w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/197203_430211453707951_172317581_n.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1168\" src=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo-266x266.jpeg 266w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo-70x70.jpeg 70w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Logo-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More Networks loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bios\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sister *Adjei Millicent <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>English:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1157 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milli-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milli-216x300.jpg 216w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Milli.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a>Millicent Adjei has a B. A. in Social Economie and Business Administration. In addition she is a certified Trainer and Coach in communication. Chairman of the NGO Arca-Afrikanisches Bildungszentrum e. V. (Arca-african Education Center). She is active in the Black Community as well as in the working group Ak-Postkolonial. One of the goals from the group is to decolonize Hamburg<\/p>\n<p>German:<\/p>\n<p>Millicent Adjei hat den Abschluss B. A. als Sozial\u00f6konomin, ist ausgebildete Steuerfachangestellte und zertifizierte Train the Trainer, Dozentin, Ausbilderin und Coach. Sie arbeitet als Personalreferentin und Bilanzbuchhalterin f\u00fcr ein Unternehmen. Sie gibt Workshops zu diversen Themen, unter anderem auch Rassismus.<\/p>\n<p>Seit 2009 ist sie Mitgr\u00fcnderin und Vorsitzende des gemeinn\u00fctzigen Vereins Arca-Afrikanisches Bildungszentrum e. V. Sie ist politisch in diversen Initiativen der Black Community vernetzt und im Arbeitskreis Postkolonial Hamburg aktiv. Eines der Ziele des Arbeitskreises ist es die Stadt Hamburg zu dekolonisieren).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brother **Senfo Tonkam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senfo Tonkam<\/strong> is a former Cameroonian student leader exiled and a refugee in Germany. An activist of the Black Community, he has participated, organized, led and supported numerous actions, organizations, movements and projects for the liberation and unification of Africa and Blacks around the world. He is the founder of a new theory of the liberation and reconstruction of Africa.<a href=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/thumb_DSC06103_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1143 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/thumb_DSC06103_1024-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/thumb_DSC06103_1024-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/thumb_DSC06103_1024-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/thumb_DSC06103_1024-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/thumb_DSC06103_1024-500x335.jpg 500w, http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/thumb_DSC06103_1024.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Courte Bio:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senfo Tonkam<\/strong> est un ancien leader \u00e9tudiant camerounais exil\u00e9 et r\u00e9fugi\u00e9 en Allemagne. Militant de la Communaut\u00e9 Noire, il a particip\u00e9, organis\u00e9, dirig\u00e9 et soutenu de nombreuses actions, organisations, mouvements et projets pour la lib\u00e9ration et l\u2019unification de l\u2019Afrique et des Noir\/es \u00e0 travers le monde. Il est le fondateur d\u2019une nouvelle th\u00e9orie de la lib\u00e9ration et de la reconstruction de l\u2019Afrique.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sister ***Anigo Badiane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Daughter. Mother: Activist of the Black Community in Germany. Working on the Liberation, Unification and Reconstruction of Africa, with focus on Gender Relations.<\/p>\n<p>Prospective doctoral candidate.<\/p>\n<p>M.A. in Postcolonial Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (UKE). &#8211; B.A. at the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany).<\/p>\n<p>Administration and Office Coordinator at Sankofa e.V. (a Black-centered Kindergarden) in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Louis Jean<\/strong>: http:\/\/www.louis-jean.de\/<\/p>\n<p>Louis-Jean is a Senegalese reggae musician living in Berlin, and Irie Rainbow is the band he founded in Germany. Louis-Jean &amp; Irie Rainbow brought together different musicians with different backgrounds, creating a new style and a new musical experience by melting Jamaican and African roots music with other international influences. After releasing his 2nd album &#8220;Senegal sunu rew&#8221; he toured a lot and played on every important festival throughout Germany, Austria, Holland.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, he is an accomplished musician and has been organising concerts in tribute of Nelson Mandela &#8216;Caravan for Mandela&#8217; since 2013. He started this initiative out of admiration for Madiba and his legacy. He has built up a wide global network of artists, especially in the reggae music world.<\/p>\n<p>Currently he is developing his next scoop: a project that will involve artists from all over the world, from Africa to Europe to the Caribbean. From 2015 he travelled twice to Jamaica and started to record with reggae super stars like: Sly &amp; Robby, Earl Chinna Smith, Tyrone Downie and Clive Hunt and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ochieng Bridget<\/strong> is dancer and educator in Berlin, from the Tembo Dance group<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEACE Int. Germany presents: The African\/Black Identity Series (ABIS). From Tokenism to Black elitism: The peril of the African\/Black Communities (ABCs) in Germany Symposium Date: 15th December 2018 Time:18:00 \u2013 20:00 hrs Place: SAVVY Contemporary Address:\u00a0Plantagenstra\u00dfe 31, 13347 Berlin This event is only for the ABCs. ***************************** On the panel will be Sister *Adjei Millicent and Brother **Senfo Tonkam Moderator: Sister ***Anigo Badiane *************************************************** There will also be Community socialization after the Symposium Musician: Louis Jean from the group Irie Rainbow Ochieng Bridget &amp; Co. will present the African Dance Group TEMBO African\/Black Community (ABC) Networks and Movements in Germany&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8,34,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campaign","category-image","category-info","category-news","category-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/peace-int.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}