The Butterfly Bar, to be exact. Co-curators Sarah Njoroge (USA) and Sandy Kamerling (NL) were talking about their next big idea. Having worked together on several academic events, they wanted to focus on a medium they both love: music.

‘Let’s do a vinyl listening bar,’ was the original idea. Then, they became fascinated with the idea of a listening session.

In the wake of political unrest and growing far-right rhetoric in their respective countries, they settled on a vision: a listening session and panel discussion focused on resistance, with the first edition focused on Black resistance bringing together academics from across the Black diaspora.

They called their friends, Martin Blok, a fellow music fiend, and Amina Said, a decorating whiz. Within three weeks, they assembled a team and organized their first event.