Panafrica Days: Full Schedule

2:00pm MST

From Panther to Panther: Legacies of Resistance

Friday March 7, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MST

PO Box Collective

On May 28, 2022, a historic conference took place outside Mumbai, India. The meeting brought

together leaders of the Black Panther Party and the Dalit Panthers, on the 50th anniversary of

the revolutionary group’s founding, which aimed to abolish caste-based discrimination in India.

This event symbolically and concretely solidified a connection uniting the anti-caste and anti-

racism movements, advocating for liberation that traverses borders.

Chicago-based SpaceShift Collective invites you to a multidisciplinary program, which explores

the profound influence of the Black Panther Party on the Dalit Panthers through story, sound,

performance, artmaking, and conversation. Featuring contemporary artists, activists, and

scholars who will reflect, through their own practices, on the global solidarity of oppressed

communities, “From Panther to Panther” underscores the cultural and ideological cross-

pollination between the two movements.

Together, we will expand our understanding of how the Black Panther Party’s advocacy for

Black empowerment, self-defense, and social justice resonated with the Dalit Panthers in their

own struggle for equality and dignity. We will pay tribute to these movements, whose legacies

continue to inspire the fight for transnational justice today.

For tickets, please click here.

Speakers

Michael D. McCarty

Storyteller

Friday March 7, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MST
PO Box Collective

Discussions, Panel

Host Organization PO Box Collective
Location Northside

8:00pm MST

Johnny Dyani tribute with Ntone Edjabe

Saturday March 8, 2025 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST

Constellation

South African musician Johnny “Mbizo” Dyani relentlessly sought freedom for over two decades. From the day he jumped on a stage in South Africa to jam on a borrowed bass with Chris McGregor’s Blue Notes, then exiled in Europe, and next through dozens of boundary-breaking collaborations, Dyani’s mission was to set the music free. Refusing to bow to apartheid and colonialism, Dyani was "jumping a bass-line like humping a landmine" (Lesego Rampolokeng). Join us as the South African-based Chimurenga presents a performance of Dyani’s music, the sound of "Panafrica,” co-conducted by two of Chicago's favorite musical sons, Adam Zanolini and Ben Lamar Gay.

Purchase tickets with our partners at Constellation here.

Speakers