Akwugo Emejulu is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Community Development as Micropolitics: Comparing Theories, Policies and Politics in America and Britain (Policy Press, 2015), and the co-author with Leah Bassel of Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain (Policy Press, 2017) and Fugitive Feminism (Silver Press, 2018).Dr Francesca Sobande is a Digital Media Studies Lecturer at Cardiff University. Her work focuses on how racism and sexism manifest in media and the marketplace. She has published work in the European Journal of Cultural Studies, and Consumption Markets and Culture, and is the author of The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2020).

• List of FiguresPart I: Introduction1. Introduction: On the Problems and Possibilities of European Black Feminism and Afrofeminism - Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca SobandePart II: Resistance, Solidarity and Coalition-Building2. The Collective Mobilisation of African Women in Athens 'United We Stand' - Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi3. Making Space: Black and Womxn of Colour Feminist Activism in Madrid - Nadia Nadesan4. Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France - Mwasi Collectif5. Afro Women's Activism in Belgium: Questioning Diversity and Solidarity - Nicole Grégoire and Modi Ntambwe6. A Black Feminist's Guide to Improper Activism - Claire Heuchan Part III: Emotions, Affect and Intimate Relations7. Revisiting the Home as a Site of Freedom and Resistance - Gabriella Beckles-Raymond8. Uses of Black/African Literature and Afrofeminist Literary Spaces by Women of Colour in French-Speaking Switzerland - Pamela Ohene-Nyako 9. 'Blackness Disrupts My Germanness.' On Embodiment and Questions of Identity and Belonging among Women of Colour in Germany - Johanna Melissa Lukate10. Love and Affection: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship Between Women of Colour - Ego Ahaiwe Sowinske and Nazmia Jamal11. Black Pete, Black Motherhood and Womanist Ethics - Lubumbe Van de Velde12. Warriors and Survivors: The Eartha Kitt Files - Alecia McKenziePart IV: Surviving the Academy13. In the Changing Light; Daring to Be Powerful - Yesim Deveci14. Cruel Ironies: The Afterlife of Black Womxn's Intervention - Cruel Ironies Collective 15. Creating a Space within the German Academy - Melody Howse16. A Manifesto for Survival - Sadiah Qureshi17. At the Margin of Institutional Whiteness: Black Women in Danish Academia - Oda-Kange Midtvage Diallo18. Africanist Sista-hood in Britain: Creating Our Own Pathways - Chijioke ObasiPart V: Digital and Creative Labour 19. But Some of Us Are Tired: Black Women's 'Personal Feminist Essays' in the Digital Sphere - Kesiena Boom20. Coming to Movement: African Diasporic Women in British Dance - Tia-Monique Uzor21. Through Our Lens: Filming Our Resistance. Does the Future Look Black in Europe? - Dorett Jones22. When We Heal: Creative Practice as a Means of Activism and Self-Preservation - Stacie CC GrahamNotes on ContributorsIndex

'Centring the Black experience in Europe is a bold and empowering act. This anthology offers crucial insights into what it means to navigate this region as a black female body. I truly welcome the publication of this book.'

Akwugo Emejulu is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Community Development as Micropolitics: Comparing Theories, Policies and Politics in America and Britain (Policy Press, 2015), and the co-author with Leah Bassel of Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain (Policy Press, 2017) and Fugitive Feminism (Silver Press, 2018).Dr Francesca Sobande is a Digital Media Studies Lecturer at Cardiff University. Her work focuses on how racism and sexism manifest in media and the marketplace. She has published work in the European Journal of Cultural Studies, and Consumption Markets and Culture, and is the author of The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2020).

• List of FiguresPart I: Introduction1. Introduction: On the Problems and Possibilities of European Black Feminism and Afrofeminism - Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca SobandePart II: Resistance, Solidarity and Coalition-Building2. The Collective Mobilisation of African Women in Athens 'United We Stand' - Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi3. Making Space: Black and Womxn of Colour Feminist Activism in Madrid - Nadia Nadesan4. Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France - Mwasi Collectif5. Afro Women's Activism in Belgium: Questioning Diversity and Solidarity - Nicole Grégoire and Modi Ntambwe6. A Black Feminist's Guide to Improper Activism - Claire Heuchan Part III: Emotions, Affect and Intimate Relations7. Revisiting the Home as a Site of Freedom and Resistance - Gabriella Beckles-Raymond8. Uses of Black/African Literature and Afrofeminist Literary Spaces by Women of Colour in French-Speaking Switzerland - Pamela Ohene-Nyako 9. 'Blackness Disrupts My Germanness.' On Embodiment and Questions of Identity and Belonging among Women of Colour in Germany - Johanna Melissa Lukate10. Love and Affection: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship Between Women of Colour - Ego Ahaiwe Sowinske and Nazmia Jamal11. Black Pete, Black Motherhood and Womanist Ethics - Lubumbe Van de Velde12. Warriors and Survivors: The Eartha Kitt Files - Alecia McKenziePart IV: Surviving the Academy13. In the Changing Light; Daring to Be Powerful - Yesim Deveci14. Cruel Ironies: The Afterlife of Black Womxn's Intervention - Cruel Ironies Collective 15. Creating a Space within the German Academy - Melody Howse16. A Manifesto for Survival - Sadiah Qureshi17. At the Margin of Institutional Whiteness: Black Women in Danish Academia - Oda-Kange Midtvage Diallo18. Africanist Sista-hood in Britain: Creating Our Own Pathways - Chijioke ObasiPart V: Digital and Creative Labour 19. But Some of Us Are Tired: Black Women's 'Personal Feminist Essays' in the Digital Sphere - Kesiena Boom20. Coming to Movement: African Diasporic Women in British Dance - Tia-Monique Uzor21. Through Our Lens: Filming Our Resistance. Does the Future Look Black in Europe? - Dorett Jones22. When We Heal: Creative Practice as a Means of Activism and Self-Preservation - Stacie CC GrahamNotes on ContributorsIndex

'Centring the Black experience in Europe is a bold and empowering act. This anthology offers crucial insights into what it means to navigate this region as a black female body. I truly welcome the publication of this book.'

Akwugo Emejulu is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Community Development as Micropolitics: Comparing Theories, Policies and Politics in America and Britain (Policy Press, 2015), and the co-author with Leah Bassel of Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain (Policy Press, 2017) and Fugitive Feminism (Silver Press, 2018).Dr Francesca Sobande is a Digital Media Studies Lecturer at Cardiff University. Her work focuses on how racism and sexism manifest in media and the marketplace. She has published work in the European Journal of Cultural Studies, and Consumption Markets and Culture, and is the author of The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2020).

• List of FiguresPart I: Introduction1. Introduction: On the Problems and Possibilities of European Black Feminism and Afrofeminism - Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca SobandePart II: Resistance, Solidarity and Coalition-Building2. The Collective Mobilisation of African Women in Athens 'United We Stand' - Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi3. Making Space: Black and Womxn of Colour Feminist Activism in Madrid - Nadia Nadesan4. Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France - Mwasi Collectif5. Afro Women's Activism in Belgium: Questioning Diversity and Solidarity - Nicole Grégoire and Modi Ntambwe6. A Black Feminist's Guide to Improper Activism - Claire Heuchan Part III: Emotions, Affect and Intimate Relations7. Revisiting the Home as a Site of Freedom and Resistance - Gabriella Beckles-Raymond8. Uses of Black/African Literature and Afrofeminist Literary Spaces by Women of Colour in French-Speaking Switzerland - Pamela Ohene-Nyako 9. 'Blackness Disrupts My Germanness.' On Embodiment and Questions of Identity and Belonging among Women of Colour in Germany - Johanna Melissa Lukate10. Love and Affection: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship Between Women of Colour - Ego Ahaiwe Sowinske and Nazmia Jamal11. Black Pete, Black Motherhood and Womanist Ethics - Lubumbe Van de Velde12. Warriors and Survivors: The Eartha Kitt Files - Alecia McKenziePart IV: Surviving the Academy13. In the Changing Light; Daring to Be Powerful - Yesim Deveci14. Cruel Ironies: The Afterlife of Black Womxn's Intervention - Cruel Ironies Collective 15. Creating a Space within the German Academy - Melody Howse16. A Manifesto for Survival - Sadiah Qureshi17. At the Margin of Institutional Whiteness: Black Women in Danish Academia - Oda-Kange Midtvage Diallo18. Africanist Sista-hood in Britain: Creating Our Own Pathways - Chijioke ObasiPart V: Digital and Creative Labour 19. But Some of Us Are Tired: Black Women's 'Personal Feminist Essays' in the Digital Sphere - Kesiena Boom20. Coming to Movement: African Diasporic Women in British Dance - Tia-Monique Uzor21. Through Our Lens: Filming Our Resistance. Does the Future Look Black in Europe? - Dorett Jones22. When We Heal: Creative Practice as a Means of Activism and Self-Preservation - Stacie CC GrahamNotes on ContributorsIndex

'Centring the Black experience in Europe is a bold and empowering act. This anthology offers crucial insights into what it means to navigate this region as a black female body. I truly welcome the publication of this book.'