Events

Center for Africana Studies programs reflect our commitment to meaningful scholarship for the academy and the public—scholarship that has an impact on national, cultural, policy, and scholarly discourses.



Penn Alumni Reading Club: Obsidian Blues

Herman Beavers
Apr 24, 2018 at

Join Penn Professor Herman Beavers for an interactive discussion of his newly-released poetry chapbook, Obsidian Blues. You can download this work for free at…



Brave Testimony: A Celebration of Poetry of Africa and the African Diaspora

Apr 10, 2018 at

A celebration of poetry of Africa and the African diaspora featuring Alysia Harris, Award-winning poet and Husnaa Hashim, Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate.

Doors open at 5:30 pm. The program starts at 6:…



The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Memorial Lecture featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nov 1, 2017 at

 

 



Female Empowerment for Global Social Change: A Panel Discussion

Oct 4, 2017 at

Kiera Kenney graduated from the School of Social Policy and Practice with her MSW in 2013. She is Manager of Health and Social Services at the African Family Health Organization in Philadelphia, where she works with…