We do our best work alongside others.
AfroSwissters partners with organisations, institutions, venues, sponsors, cultural spaces and network builders who share our aim: more connection, visibility and opportunity in Switzerland and beyond.
Our work is rooted in Switzerland and globally connected. We collaborate across culture, community, education, wellbeing, dialogue and access — from intimate circles and retreats to public panels, cultural experiences, workshops and cross-sector gatherings.
Onuli × AfroSwissters
Onuli, founded by Valerie Kerri, is a destination for curated, artisanal slow fashion: selected slow-fashion and luxury labels and the craftspeople behind them, from across Africa and beyond. Onuli and AfroSwissters are official partners.
Valerie Kerri
Valerie Kerri spent more than 17 years in strategic planning, change management and leadership, helping businesses grow. Along the way she saw a missing bridge between heritage craftsmanship and modern, sustainable fashion. Onuli is her answer: a new idea of luxury that gives artisanal talent from across Africa and beyond a stage.
What we have done together
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16 February 2025 · Zürich
Rise & Thrive at the private Onuli pop-up
Onuli launched with a pop-up in Zürich in February 2025, and AfroSwissters came for a day of its own: lunch at Africa Queen, then private shopping and a fireside chat at the pop-up. Valerie Kerri and Tallulah Patricia Bär talked about curating artisanal slow fashion, with special guest Mo Agusto, founder of M.O.T. The Label.
Event page →The invitations
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10 December 2025 · Zürich
The Onuli magazine at our Christmas dinner
At our end-of-year dinner at Queen Idia, Valerie Kerri presented the Onuli magazine to AfroSwissters for the first time.
Event page →Onuli at the table.
ETK Leadership Solutions × AfroSwissters
A Geneva leadership firm, founded in 2018 by sociologist Dr. Eleanor T. Khonje. ETK equips professionals, especially women, to lead with clarity, presence and authenticity: through coaching, workshops and the ETK Leadership Weekend, held every year in Geneva.
- August 2025
With Dr. Eleanor T. Khonje and her team, we worked out our collaboration for the ETK Leadership Weekend 2025.
- 27 September 2025
The AfroSwissters team at Brunch for Thought in Geneva. The theme: “Legacy of Queens”.
Read Tallulah’s reflection →
Five doors in.
Programme & event partners
Co-host a gathering, workshop, retreat, cultural experience, panel, salon or community format with AfroSwissters.
Venue & in-kind partners
Offer a space, service, expertise, catering, photography, music, production support or other in-kind contribution.
Sponsors & funders
Support a specific programme, event series, retreat, learning format or AfroSwissters' general work.
Cultural & institutional partners
Work with us to make cultural spaces more accessible, reflective and connected to Afro-descendant communities.
International partners
Connect us with Afro-descendant communities, cultural actors, institutions and organisations beyond Switzerland.
Organisations and spaces we have worked with.
01Kunsthaus Zürich
AfroSwissters hosted REMAIN at Kunsthaus Zürich around the Kerry James Marshall exhibition, beginning with a private tour for our network and opening into a public panel conversation. This collaboration brought together art, Afro-diasporic perspectives, curatorial reflection and our network in one of Switzerland’s major cultural institutions.
02Zurich Art Weekend
REMAIN x Kunsthaus Zürich took place within the wider Zurich Art Weekend context, connecting an AfroSwissters format to a broader public arts programme in the city.
03VOLTA Art Fair Basel
AfroSwissters gathered at VOLTA during Basel Art Week for an intimate VIP art experience, including a private guided tour, meet & greet with Artistic Director Lee Cavaliere, and a REMAIN reflection format around art, legacy and access.
04HeadsQuarter Zürich
HeadsQuarter has been a key space partner for AfroSwissters formats, including The Artistic Conversations — a salon-style roundtable series created with and at HeadsQuarter. The collaboration supports thoughtful rooms where culture, community, art and conversation can meet.
05Karl der Grosse
AfroSwissters has hosted learning and growth formats at Karl der Grosse in Zürich, including workshops around career strategy, ambition, family and self-development.
06Schauspielhaus Zürich
AfroSwissters has gathered at Schauspielhaus Zürich through REMAIN cultural experiences, using theatre as a space for shared reflection, conversation and cultural participation.
07photoSCHWEIZ
AfroSwissters has connected around photoSCHWEIZ through cultural experience formats that bring our network into photography, visual storytelling and public cultural spaces.
08SHED Zug
AfroSwissters has collaborated around cultural and social formats in Zug, including HE.ART.BEAT-style gatherings that bring creativity, music, art, food and connection into one room.
09Africa Basel
During Basel Art Week, AfroSwissters connected its VOLTA programme with Africa Basel: Film, Talk & Bubbly, creating a bridge between contemporary African art, film, identity and belonging.
10BiNaBi Catering & Events
AfroSwissters partnered with BiNaBi Catering & Events and founder Marie Madelein Sack for an Afro-European fusion cooking class and dinner. The format brought together food, storytelling, cultural memory, skill-sharing and community.
11SankofaRisin'
AfroSwissters has created theatre-based experiences with SankofaRisin’, including a theatre evening and meet & greet with Joyce Bastos in Basel.
We are grateful to the people and brands who have supported AfroSwissters gatherings through drinks, apéro, music, photography, hospitality and creative care.
Ale & Bread
Apéro and hospitality support for AfroSwissters cultural gatherings.
Hearts & Tails
Apéro and drinks support for AfroSwissters events.
Pandora's Vineyard
Wine and apéro support for AfroSwissters cultural gatherings.
House of Vader
Music and atmosphere for AfroSwissters events and gatherings.
Yves Keller
Photography and visual documentation support for AfroSwissters events.
AfroSwissters’ work is also shaped by the artists, curators, speakers, facilitators, thinkers and members of our network who contribute to our spaces. Across our formats, we have gathered with voices including Cathérine Hug, Dieter Roelstraete, Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo, Lamar Hawkins, Lee Cavaliere, Rachel M’Bon, Juliana Fanjul, Joyce Bastos, Michel Pernet, Bettina Schaller, Amina Charles and others.
We name people with care and update this page as roles, permissions and public credits are confirmed.
Cultural access
We bring people from our network into museums, theatres, art fairs, exhibitions, screenings and cultural spaces — not as passive audiences, but as people who reflect, question, interpret and belong.
Shared learning
We design workshops, book circles, roundtables and learning formats around self-leadership, identity, career, wellbeing, cultural heritage and collective growth.
Retreats and intimate spaces
We create smaller spaces for healing, reflection, rest, transition and honest conversation.
Public dialogue
We curate and moderate panels, talks and roundtables that connect lived experience, culture, institutions and wider social questions.
Sponsorship and support
Partners can support specific events, provide in-kind contributions, sponsor access tickets, fund formats, or help AfroSwissters grow sustainably.
Afro-descendant women and women of African heritage · cultural participation and access · Afro-diasporic identity and heritage · women's empowerment · wellbeing, healing and self-development · career growth, leadership and economic empowerment · arts, culture, archives and public memory · bridge-building across Switzerland, Africa, Europe and the wider diaspora.