Past Events




AFRICANA DANTES 2021

Creative Responses to the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Sep 30, 2021 at -

hosted by: Herman Beavers (Professor of English & African Studies, Director of Civic House), with general introduction by David Wallace (Center for Italian Studies)



Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium

ft. Anthea Butler & Terrence Johnson
Apr 14, 2021 at

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Join us for a conversation with Anthea Butler and Terrence Johnson as they discuss Butler’s latest book…



Africa Lecture Series

ft. Chika Okeke-Agulu
Apr 13, 2021 at

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Obiora Udechukwu, Drawing and the Poetic Imagination

In this lecture, we…



Brave Testimony

ft. Airea D. Matthews
Apr 8, 2021 at

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Out There Without Fear: Jamaica's Dancehall

Documentary Screening Dance Demonstration & Discussion
Apr 6, 2021 at -

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Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium

ft. Jasmine Johnson & Aimee Meredith Cox
Mar 25, 2021 at -

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CARGC Colloquium: Rudo Mudiwa, “The Black Girl Dreams of Freedom in the City: Mobility and Moral Panic in Zimbabwe, 1980-1983”

CO-SPONSORED EVENT
Mar 25, 2021 at -

The early days of the Zimbabwean state were marked with celebratory depictions of the migration and visible presence of black women in cities. Using newspaper and magazine archives, I trace a moral panic about…



Africa Lecture Series

ft. Moses Ochonu
Mar 23, 2021 at

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“Emirs in London: Muslims, Mobility, and Modernity in Colonial Nigeria”



Towards an Acoustemology of Afro-Cuban Rap

Pablo D. Herrera Veitia
Mar 22, 2021 at -

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What is the nature of Afro-Cuban rap music? As ethnographers, what tools should…



Africana Graduate Colloquium

Roots/Routes to Freedom: Beyond Elsewhere-ism and the Academy
Mar 18, 2021 at -

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The Department of Africana Studies invites you to our 8th annual Graduate Student…