Memorial Library -
“Illustrating Early Postcolonial Africa” will present how artists illustrated books written in early postcolonial Africa (1960s-1980s) with a focus on West and East Africa. Mostly drawn from Memorial Library’s Africana Collection, the exhibit will highlight …
1418 Van Hise Hall @ 7:00 pm
Bo Petersen (South African author/director/actress) will perform a one-person play entitled “Pieces of Me.” The play addresses the indelible and harmful consequences of racial classification and ‘passing’ in apartheid South Africa.
Nancy M Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture, School of Human Ecology -
Soccer is the world’s most popular game, but experiences of the game are remarkably different around the world. When children do not have the luxury of affording a mass-produced soccer ball, they take to the …
Chazen Museum of Art @ 2:00 pm
https://cinema.wisc.edu/at-the-chazen/
SOLEIL Ô | France, Mauritania | 1970 | DCP | 102 min. | French, Arabic with English subtitles Director: Med Hondo Cast: Robert Liensol, Ambroise M’Bia, Bernard Fresson. A landmark of anti-colonial cinema, Soleil Ô …
Sewell Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr., Rm. 8417 @ 4:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. John Aerni-Flessner (Michigan State University/The University of the Free State) Based on a book coming out in February 2026, this talk will explore the history of the negotiations for and construction of the …
Goodman South Library, 2222 South Park St., Madison, WI 53713 @ 5:00 pm
Speaker: Jibril Gabid (Department of African Cultural Studies) Talk Description The twenty-first century is witnessing a naḥḍah (renaissance) of Arabic scholarship, emerging in the wake of the intellectual crisis produced by colonialism and its …
Ingraham 206 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
A talk with Jonas Elbousty, Yale University Hosted and moderated by Samuel England Most studies of Choukri focus on his autobiographical works, often overlooking his short story collections: Majnūn al-Ward (Flower Crazy) and al-Khayma (The Tent). This talk discusses these …
Chazen Auditorium @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
This presentation by Henry J. Drewal, Evjue-Bascom Emeritus Professor in African Art, will be a multimedia and multisensorial performance in the African and African Diaspora tradition of “Call and Response.” With images, sounds, film, and …
African Gallery, Chazen Museum, 3rd Floor, Gallery 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join Professors Henry J. Drewal and Elaine Sullivan for a conversation about displaying African arts in museums. Drawing from Prof. Drewal’s experience leading UW students in curating …
3401 Sterling Hall @ 1:30 pm
This talk highlights a chapter from the book Pan-African Lives: Racial Politics and Belonging in Africa. It tells the stories of African-born women like Cameroonian Esther Tanyi, who traversed West Africa. These women gained social, …
