The full recording of the WAAU Talk, Afro-Atlantic Histories and Memories: Ancestry, Futurity and Community against Erasure, held on 30 May 2025 at ARCOlisboa, is now available on our website.

This timely and resonant conversation, moderated by Ana Balona de Oliveira, brought together Paula Nascimento, Igor Simões, Januário Jano, Melissa Rodrigues, Cássio Markowski, Moisés Patrício, and Alicia Knock—artists, curators, and thinkers whose practices are rooted in and respond to diverse Afro-Atlantic contexts.

Presented in collaboration with The Shapes of the Ocean section at ARCOlisboa, the discussion examined the role of memory, imagination, and cultural production in countering historical silencing and constructing more just futures. Reflecting on ancestry, belonging, and the persistent legacies of coloniality, the speakers explored how contemporary art intervenes in dominant narratives and opens space for collective agency.