Past Events
Africana StudiesFaculty Colloquium
Adia Benton
Adia Benton is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University, where she is affiliated with the Science in Human Culture Program. Her first book, HIV Exceptionalism: Development…
Africa Lecture Series
Assan Sarr
Tijaniyya in the History of Niumi (Gambia): Reflections on Jihad and Conversion
Alumni Reading Club: "A Mercy"
Margo Crawford
Join Penn Professor and Director of the Center for Africana Studies Margo Crawford for an interactive discussion of the book A Mercy by Toni Morrison. Penn alumni and…
The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie Industry
Maryann Erigha
In The Hollywood Jim Crow, Maryann Erigha tells the story of inequality, looking at the practices and biases that limit the production and circulation of movies directed by racial minorities.
Media in Postapartheid South Africa: Postcolonial Politics in the Age of Globalization
About the Book
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi and Dorothy Roberts
Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist. In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to…
Penn Alumni Reading Club
Dagmawi Woubshet
Join Penn Professor Dagmawi Woubshet for an interactive discussion of the book …
Race and Sports 2019
Michael Bennett
Join us for our Race and Sports event featuring Michael Bennett, NFL star, activist and philanthropist.
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Fascism & Racism: Intimate Partners in Modern Politics
This panel discussion is an outgrowth of a graduate level course in Africana Studies on the relationship between fascism and racism. With xenophobic fascistic and white supremacist movements increasing in strength…
Penn Alumni Reading Club
Guthrie Ramsey
*This program has been RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 17 due to predicted inclement weather on 2/12.*