2026 Afro Creole Week Programme
๐ Afro-Creole Languages Week: Global Programme & Registration
Theme: The Future Speaks Afro-Creole
Dates: September 1 โ 8
We are proud to invite you to the inaugural Afro-Creole Languages Week, founded by legal advocate, UN Fellow, and campaigner Ifแบนฬ Thompson. Join educators, linguists, artists, policymakers, and community leaders from across Africa, the Caribbean, and the global Black diaspora as we come together to elevate, celebrate, and advance language justice for Afro-Creole languages worldwide.
Throughout the week, we will host a series of virtual events, panel discussions, keynotes, and interactive workshops to honour our shared linguistic heritage and ensure these living languages continue to thrive.
Registration is free and gives you access to the entire week's schedule of online sessions. Once registered, you will receive links to join the live virtual broadcasts.
๐ Click Here to Register via the Google Form
Join us as we unite voices across the Black Atlantic and build a future where Afro-Creole languages are celebrated, preserved, and heard.
๐๏ธ Full Week Programme Overview
Day 1: Virtual Opening Ceremony 1st September
Official global launch, welcoming remarks, keynote address
8:00 PM UK Time / West Africa Time (WAT)
3:00 PM US Eastern Time (ET) / Eastern Caribbean Time (AST)
2:00 PM US Central Time (CT) / Jamaica Time (EST)
Day 2: Language Justice & The Indian Ocean Creoles 2nd September
Exploring the fight to legitimise Afro-Creole languages in education, law, and institutional spaces.
3:00 PM UK Time
6:00 PM Indian Ocean Time
2:00 PM West Africa Time
11:00 AM Eastern Caribbean Time (AST)
10:00 AM Jamaica Ti me (EST)
11:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time
10:00 AM US Central Time
Day 3: Afro Creole Language Club - 3rd September
Come together and learn fun ways to keep speaking or learning your Afro Creole Language.
7:00 PM UK
1:00 PM Jamaica Time
2:00 PM US Eastern Time
2:00 PM Eastern Caribbean Time (AST)
1:00 PM US Central Time
6:00 PM West Africa Time
11:00 PM Indian Ocean Time
Day 4: Special Evening โ "Forward Voices: The Future of Creole Languages"
(Hybrid Panel & Feature Discussion)
A landmark Pan-African discussion exploring language preservation, reparatory justice, and diaspora connection at the Barbados High Comissin lonodn 6pm!
Day 5: History, Roots & Diaspora Connections
Tracing the historical links between West African languages and diasporic Creole expressions in food
7:00 PM Guyana Time
12:00 AM UK Time (BST) โ next day
8:00 PM Eastern Caribbean (AST)
7:00 PM US Eastern Time (EDT)
6:00 PM US Central Time (CDT)
11:00 PM West Africa Time (WAT)
3:00 AM Indian Ocean Time.
Day 6 - Afro Creole Language Club 6th September 2026
7:00 PM UK
1:00 PM Jamaica Time
2:00 PM US Eastern
2:00 PM Eastern Caribbean (AST)
1:00 PM US Central
6:00 PM West Africa
11:00 PM Indian Ocean Time
Day 7: 7th Septmber Gullah Geechee:
History, Present & Future
7:00 PM UK
1:00 PM Jamaica Time
2:00 PM US Eastern Time
2:00 PM Eastern Caribbean Time (AST)
1:00 PM US Central Time
6:00 PM West Africa Time
11:00 PM Indian Ocean Time
Day 8: Linguistic Afro-Futurist Approaches: A Discussion with the Jamaica Language Unit
๐๏ธ Register to Attend
Registration is free and gives you access to the entire week's schedule of online sessions. Once registered, you will receive links to join the live virtual broadcasts.
๐ Click Here to Register via the Google Form
Join us as we unite voices across the Black Atlantic and build a future where Afro-Creole languages are celebrated, preserved, and heard.
