The LOVE FEAST offers through a six courses tailored menu, Art, scenography,  spoken word performance and guest host led talk, a holistic and multi-sensorial exploration of the historical  trajectories of the African diaspora over the last 400 years. Using only organic and sustainable ingredients,  the chefs will explore Africa's foodways, through a gustative dialogue  between West African and traditional African-American cuisine.  Every evening, a visionary and luminary voice from the global  African diaspora, whose intellectual and artistic production reflect on  the continent vast and diverse cultural experience, will be invited to  share her/his dream vision for the futur of the continent and our world,  400 years away from now.   

GUEST HOST: Ingrid Lafleur

Ingrid LaFleur is a curator, pleasure activist and  Afrofuturist. Her mission is to ensure equal distribution of the future,  exploring the frontiers of social justice through new technologies,  economies and modes of government. As  a recent Detroit Mayoral candidate and creator of AFROTOPIA, LaFleur  implements Afrofuturist strategies to empower Black bodies and oppressed  communities through frameworks such as blockchain and universal basic  income. Ingrid LaFleur is currently the Social Impact Advisor for  Detroit Blockchain Center and the founder and director of the Institute  for Afrofuture Strategies. As  a thought leader, social justice technologist, public speaker, teacher  and cultural advisor she has led conversations and workshops at Centre  Pompidou (Paris), TEDxBrooklyn, TEDxDetroit, Ideas City, New Museum (New  York), AfroTech Conference, Harvard University and Oxford University,  among others. LaFleur serves on the board of JustSpace Alliance,  Powerhouse Productions, and the Cooley ReUse Project. 

LaFleur is based in Detroit, Michigan.

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