Thursday 12 November 2026

'If We Had Power:  An Afrofuturist Re-imagining of the 5th Pan African Congress. 
(Manchester, 1945)'


Hosted by
Dr Erica Mapule McInnis
(Consultant Clinical Psychologist, UK)
What if Wakanda met the Pan African Congress in Manchester in 1945?

What would our future be today?

Join Our Creatives for an evening of Edutainment!

Poetry
Music
Information
Healing
Honouring our Ancestors
Discussion 
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Meet Our Creatives

  • Angeli Sweeney
  • Poetry

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BIO

Angeli Sweeney is a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, with over 25 years experience in delivering youth and community work in Manchester.

Her passions lie in racial and social justice, emancipation and enabling internal leadership.  An anti-racist and Black History campaigner, activist, and educator.

She was also the co-founder/previous director of The African Pot Project, https://tapproject.co.uk/ , a Pan-Africanist organisation based in Manchester. 



Meet Our Creatives

  • Linford Sweeney
  • Historian

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BIO

Linford Sweeney is a Black historian, Caribbean genealogist, cultural consultant,
community activist, and author with two decades of experience delivering
educational programmes and projects as Inspired Histories.

He covers the full range of Black history, both nationally and internationally, and delivers workshops, courses, and classes to private, public, and community organisations, including the NHS, housing associations, schools, colleges, universities, and various local authority
departments.

His specialist subjects are the Windrush Generation, Black British History, Caribbean History, and Ancient African History. He is a published author.

Meet Our Creatives

  • Tayọ Aluko
  • Poetry

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BIO

Tayọ Aluko was born in Nigeria and practiced as an architect in Liverpool for fifteen years.

He is now a playwright, actor, singer and poet, writing and performing three one-man plays: Call Mr. Robeson, Just An Ordinary Lawyer and Coleridge-Taylor of Freetown, and an audio play titled Paul Robeson’s Love Song.

Working primarily on history, he is pleased to be venturing into Afrofuturism for the first
time on this project.

A facilitated session including breakout rooms for discussion

Please note: We expect high demand for this session.
Places are limited and enrolment may close before if we reach our maximum capacity.
We encourage you to register early to secure your place.

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Data protection notice:  By enrolling for this session, you consent to us contacting you with information specific to this event and storing minimum information required to assist your participation.  For example, contacting you to remind you of the zoom link.  

Part Funded by a 'Spirit of Manchester, Manchester Community Central Award, 2025'.

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Programme Created by

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Dr Erica Mapule McInnis

 U.K.
Dr Erica Mapule McInnis is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology (UK) and Director and Consultant Chartered Clinical Psychologist with Nubia Wellness and Healing. She is the developer of 'Know Thy Self- Adinkra Cards' and the 'African-centred Wellness Journal', tools developed for self exploration based on traditional Ashanti culture. She has 22 years experience working for the National Health Service (NHS) and currently facilitates African psychology seminars, presentations and workshops.

She is not just of the people but for the people!

 She developed programmes awarded a Quality Mark by the British Psychological Society (BPS) following their assessment against standards.
Following the successful 18-month 'Bootcamp in African Psychology' she continues with this .....

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