Department of Africana Studies

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Upcoming Events



Brave Testimony 2025

Dancing on the Shore: Poems from Migration Letters
M. Nzadi Keita
Apr 3, 2025 at - | Kelly Writers House
3805 Locust Walk
University of Pennsylvania

M. Nzadi Keita's third book, Migration Letters: Poems, reflects on her upbringing and coming of age as a Black working-class woman in Philadelphia (originally Lenapehoking). Keita straddles the…



International Conference on Everyday Lives of Instability in the Global South

AbdouMaliq Simone
Apr 4, 2025 - Apr 5, 2025 at - | 3401 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania

The international conference organized by the Center for Africana Studies in collaboration with the Provost’s Office, Department of South Asia Studies, Department of Anthropology, Center for Latin American and Latinx…



Becoming a Big Man in Africa: Subalterns, Elites, and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria

Presented by Penn Anthropology
Wale Adebanwi
Apr 7, 2025 at - | Museum 345
Penn Museum
3260 South St
University of Pennsylvania

Do subalterns have the capacity to transform themselves into members of the elite? If so, what are the means of accomplishing the transformation? What strategic improvisations are critical in the process of such…