The Nyansapo Festival was held in Paris between July 28-30 2017. The festival, which describes itself as " Afro-feminist", [1] was organized by the Mwasi Collective. [2] It was aimed at black women, for whom most of the festival space was reserved, [3] with segregated areas for black men and non-black people. [4] The main space was at the La Générale cultural centre. [5]
Nyansapo was accused of racial discrimination, by organisations like SOS Racisme and International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism for attempting to ban white people from a majority (80%) of the space at the venue, with the Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo demanding its cancellation. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The Nyansapo Festival was held in Paris between July 28-30 2017. The festival, which describes itself as " Afro-feminist", [1] was organized by the Mwasi Collective. [2] It was aimed at black women, for whom most of the festival space was reserved, [3] with segregated areas for black men and non-black people. [4] The main space was at the La Générale cultural centre. [5]
Nyansapo was accused of racial discrimination, by organisations like SOS Racisme and International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism for attempting to ban white people from a majority (80%) of the space at the venue, with the Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo demanding its cancellation. [4] [5] [6] [7]