African Future Lab AfaRise Fellowship 2025-2027: (Deadline 31 July, 2025)

Applications are open for the African Future Lab AfaRise Fellowship 2025-2027. The African Futures Lab advances reparative justice through research, advocacy, and cross-continental solidarity. Their mission is rooted in dismantling the enduring legacies of colonialism and slavery, holding state and private actors accountable, and supporting African and Afro-descendant communities to reclaim truth, dignity, and power.

The fellowship aligns with the African Union’s 2025 declaration as the Year of Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations – a pivotal moment to drive bold advocacy in a time of rising authoritarianism, global inequality, and fractured solidarity.

While interest in reparations for racial injustices and decoloniality grows, African actors remain under-resourced, disconnected, and sidelined. AfaRise addresses this gap by cultivating a cohort of racial justice movers equipped to act locally and globally from an African and Afro-diasporic lens.

Responsibilities

• Engage in regular virtual gatherings and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Give regular update on the advancement of their project
• Prepare a final presentation of their project

Benefits

• A vibrant circle of peers and experts ready to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and help shape your vision for your project. 
• Access to the African Futures Lab network, offering valuable connections and support to move your project forward.
• Opportunities to showcase your work through our conferences and podcast platforms, amplifying your voice and reach.
• Possibilities for collaboration with our team because we believe in co-creating impact.
• A stipend of €200 per working session, recognizing and supporting your commitment to the project.

Eligibility

• Open to activists, practitioners, researchers and artists engaged on projects tied to decoloniality, racial justice and reparations based in Africa and Europe. 
• Demonstrated commitment to racial justice across any relevant thematic (gender, climate, economics, etc.)
• A project at a very initial phase aiming at dismantling racial injustices across Africa and Europe / at a global scale
• Contextual understanding of Africa, Europe, or Afro-diasporic communities.
• Visionary, collaborative, and innovative approach to social change.

Desirable Assets

• Multilingual (especially French and English)
• Cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary experience

Application

Deadline: July 31, 2025

For more information, visit AfaRise Fellowship.

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