A Call to Gather, Reflect, and Reclaim
On this year’s Mother’s Day, Dr. Rahab Njeri penned a tribute that pierced the soul:
“To be a mother is to pour from a well that never seems to run dry… We are warriors in softness, builders of worlds, and anchors in the storm.”
As mothers, daughters, sisters, leaders, educators and healers, African women carry the histories, futures, and present of our communities. Yet again and again, we find ourselves erased when global conversations concern our families, our values, our identities.
Recently, a scandalous event unfolded on Kenyan soil: a Pan-African Conference on Family Values was hosted without a single African speaker.
An all-white, all-male panel flew into Kenya to discuss our families, our children, and our futures. No Kenyan mother. No African father. No community elder.
Just whiteness, platformed again as authority this time on African soil.
We cannot allow this to pass in silence.
💬 Join the Conversation
We, the women of the Panda Mbegu Initiative an intersectional, decolonial platform led by African women in Germany and across the diaspora are inviting you to a critical Zoom discussion:
🗓 Date: Thursday, 30th May 2025
🕖 Time: 19:00 (Berlin/Nairobi time)
🌍 Location: Zoom (registration required)
🎙️ Topic: When Africa Is Spoken About—But Never With
➡️ Registration link: Register Here
Together, we will ask:
- Why are white men flying into our countries to define African family values?
- Who funds these platforms—and why are African voices excluded?
- What does this continued silencing say about the global perception of our agency?
🧠 Our Speakers:
You’ll be hearing from powerful African women whose voices cut across disciplines of resistance, reflection, and reclamation:
- Dr. Edna Thamm: Author of Born to Shine, bridging African motherhood, cultural identity, and migration
- Dr. Rahab Njeri: Kenyan scholar, educator, and mother, offering sharp critique through a deeply feminist lens
- Jennifer Kamau: Founder International Women Space, Cultural mediator and advocate for food sovereignty and spiritual decolonization
- Gillian Piroth: Culinary activist, healer, and speaker on Black womanhood, grief, and cultural continuity
- Dr. Annah Wambui Keige:
- Elizabeth Horlemann: Founder Alfajiri Business Networking and Founder EquiAble Initiative for African Black Disabled People in Germany, critical whiteness trainer and global speaker on racism, disability, and decolonization
Together, they bring decades of lived expertise from activism to scholarship, from policy to parenting. Their work is rooted in African feminist knowledge systems, intersectional justice, and the firm belief that our futures cannot be shaped without our voices.
🌱 About Panda Mbegu
“Panda Mbegu” means Plant the Seed in Kiswahili.
We are an Intersectional Decolonial Initiative formed by Kenyan women living in Germany and the diaspora, focused on reclaiming African cultural, spiritual, and political dignity.
Through events, storytelling, healing circles, and education, we aim to replant what was uprooted by colonialism and grow anew.
✊🏾 Join Us.
This is not just a meeting. It’s a gathering of resistance.
It’s where we speak back to silence, where we name the violence of erasure, and where we reclaim space on our own terms.
Africa is not a stage.
We are not your audience.
We are the voices you refused to hear—until now.
📩 Secure your place now: Register Here
