African Futures Lab (AfaLab) is launching AfaRise Fellowship for visionary young researchers and activits dedicated to dismantling racial injustice across Africa and the global diaspora.
About African Futures Lab (AfaLab) AfaRise Fellowship
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Opportunity Details
- Date Published: July 02, 2025
- Application Deadline: July 31, 2025
- Category: Fellowship
- Eligible Locations: Africa
African Futures Lab (AfaLab) is launching AfaRise Fellows- emphasizing elevation, resistance, and vision: a bold, two-year fully virtual fellowship for visionary young researchers and activits dedicated to dismantling racial injustice across Africa and the global diaspora.
The AfaRise Fellowship is a timely and audacious initiative to center African and diaspora leadership in global racial justice and reparations work. It aims to build collective power by equipping fellows with the tools, networks, and strategies to advance reparatory justice in institutions, communities, and movements across borders and generations.
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.
Core Components
- Strategic reflections through peer knowledge exchange: Bi-monthly convenings to analyze developments on projects, build responses, and adapt strategy.
- Strengthening intersectional knowledge on racial justice and reparations: Fellow-led programming on race and reparations and its link with gender, decoloniality, climate, AI, economic, and emerging justice issues.
- Collaborative outputs: The fellowship program is a space to initiate collaborations among the fellows or between the lab and the fellows.
- Public representation: Fellows may represent AfaLab in multilateral events, regional, or civil society spaces.
- Alumni integration: Ongoing opportunities for publication, events and strategic collaboration.
Roles and 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 of African Futures Lab (AfaLab) AfaRise Fellowship
- 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.
African Futures Lab (AfaLab) AfaRise Fellowship Requirements
Target group
- Activists, practitioners, researchers and artists engaged on projects tied to decoloniality, racial justice and reparations based in Africa and Europe.
Required qualifications
- 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 Date and Process
Applications will be assessed for merit, thematic fit, and diversity. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to online interviews.
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Application Deadline
31 July, 2025
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