The event involves a 45-minute play test and complementary group discussion of the potential for video games to promote education about anti-slavery and to influence policy designed to combat practices of slavery in the cotemporary world.
Do you want to learn about the power of video games to help fight against slavery? Come and play `Usawa` with us and see for yourself! This mobile game has been designed to provide an accessible and creative way for learning about human rights, discrimination, marginalization and slavery in Africa. Everyone attending the session will discover how video game offer us routes to bringing about social justice in Africa and beyond.
Dr Marie Rodet, Reader in the History of Africa
Young people aged 13-18
Of particular interest to those caring about social justice in Africa and those interested in the educational power of video games.