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Across our spaces, we are thinking, writing, convening, and making. Our insights bring together the ideas and stories emerging from that work.

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12 Apr 2026

Introducing 21Hundred, a Studio for Race and the Future

Today, we announce the birth of 21Hundred, a studio for race and the future. Building on the foundations of Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE), a fellowship programme created through a final gift from Atlantic Philanthropies, 21Hundred is home to visionaries designing and prototyping futures beyond anti-Black racism.

12 Apr 2026

Humanity Needs a New Operating System

From Frantz Fanon to Sylvia Wynter, Audre Lorde to Steve Biko, generations of Black thinkers have argued that the discontents of the modern world can be traced back to the model for being human coded into our lives and societies. They called for new models, new paradigms and new patterns — ones that support our individual and collective flourishing.

20 Nov 2025

Black Consciousness Day in Brazil—A Celebratory Protest

Every year on 20 November, Brazil observes Black Consciousness Day (Dia Nacional de Zumbi e da Consciência Negra). It is a moment to remember the country’s long history of Black resistance and to celebrate the contributions of Afro-Brazilians to every part of Brazilian life. In its second year as a public holiday, the date marks the death of Zumbi dos Palmares, the leader of one of the most famous quilombo communities of people who escaped enslavement and built free societies against the odds.

30 Oct 2025

UK Black History Month: Blackness and the Futures of Race

October is Black History Month in the United Kingdom, where this year’s theme is standing firm in power and pride. To mark the occasion, we are revisiting our time in Brixton, London, where we gathered earlier in the year for the Capstone Convening for the 2024 Cohort.

A Studio for Race and the Future

© 2026 21Hundred. All Rights Reserved.

Scott House, Fora Suite 1
The Concourse, Waterloo Station
London SE1 7LY
United Kingdom

Workshop 17
Cnr Jan Smuts and William Nicol Drive
Hyde Park
Johannesburg 2196
South Africa

A Studio for Race and the Future

© 2026 21Hundred. All Rights Reserved.

Scott House, Fora Suite 1
The Concourse, Waterloo Station
London SE1 7LY
United Kingdom

Workshop 17
Cnr Jan Smuts and William Nicol Drive
Hyde Park
Johannesburg 2196
South Africa

A Studio for Race and the Future

© 2026 21Hundred. All Rights Reserved.

Scott House, Fora Suite 1
The Concourse, Waterloo Station
London SE1 7LY
United Kingdom

Workshop 17
Cnr Jan Smuts and William Nicol Drive
Hyde Park
Johannesburg 2196
South Africa