Past Events




Artist Voices in the New Africa Galleries

Nov 16, 2019 at

Four talented artists provide powerful visual expressions in the new Africa Galleries. Join Jorge Dos Anjos, Muhsana Ali, Amadou Kane Si, Emerson Ruffin and Breanna Moore in conversation about the inspiration and…



Creating a New Narrative in the Africa Galleries

Nov 16, 2019 at

Join lead curator and professor Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D., along with consulting scholars, Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, Ph.D., Monique Scott, Ph.D., Salah Hassan, Ph.D., and Vaniclea Silva Santos, Ph.D., for a discussion about…



Daedalus Quartet Performance

Nov 15, 2019 at

Daedalus Quartet: Migration through Music



Higginbotham Lecture:

Brittany K. Barnett
Nov 5, 2019 at

Brittany K. Barnett is an attorney and entrepreneur focusing on social impact investing. When Alice Marie Johnson was granted clemency by the Trump administration, Kim Kardashian garnered all…



FORUM:Disrupting Sexual Violence

Oct 31, 2019 at

NO! The Rape Documentary is the 2006-released, Ford Foundation-funded, groundbreaking feature length film that explores the international atrocity of rape of cisgender women by cisgender men, and other forms of…



Alumni Reading Club:

Lorene Cary
Oct 30, 2019 at

Join Penn Senior Lecturer in English Lorene Cary and Houston A. Baker, Jr., Distinguished University Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, formerly PENN Professor of English…



Artists in Residence

Oct 24, 2019 at

Master Class with Amadou Kane Sy and Muhsana Ali

The Senegal-based artist team, Amadou Kane Sy and Muhsana Ali, Center of Africana Studies Fall 2019 Artists in Residence, will discuss their creative process…



"AND SHE WAS LOVED": IN MEMORY OF TONI MORRISON

Oct 22, 2019 at

An open forum in memory of Toni Morrison, with time for speaking, reading, and other sharing.

Sponsored by the Kelly Writers House and the Center for Africana Studies



The Legacy of 1619

Oct 17, 2019 at

Four hundred years ago, 20–30 Africans landed at Point Comfort, Virginia, as the first enslaved Africans to arrive in the American colonies. What is the global significance of this historical event? 



Africa Lecture Series

Saheed Aderinto
Oct 15, 2019 at

The City is Beyond Human:In Search of Animals inAfrican Urban Studies

This lecture renders some theoretical and empirical overview of the place of animals in African urban studies. It argues that animals…