Meaning-less-ness (In-Person) with Vlad Dima of UW-Madison
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIPresented by UW-Madison African Studies as part of its Africa at Noon series. Vlad Dima will speak on his book Meaninglessness: Time, Rhythm, and the Undead in in Postcolonial Cinema. BIO …
Tamasha la Kiswahili (Swahili Festival)
1418 Van Hise HallAfrica at Noon: The Poetics of Unbreakable Bodies in Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile with Vincent Ogoti
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIDate/Time: January 25th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Vincent Ogoti, African Cultural Studies and History PhD Candidate Hosted by: Luís Madureira Presentation description: African Cultural Studies and History Candidate and Andrew W. …
Pan-African Lives, Racial Politics, and Belonging in Africa ⎻ Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué
Click here to join the meeting Abstract: In 1953, three Ugandans set out in a Peugeot station wagon on a two-month mission trip across Africa. All were recent converts to Baha’ism, a religion founded …
Africa at Noon: Environmental Governance in Africa with Josh Garoon
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIDate/Time: February 1st 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Josh Garoon - Communication and Environmental Sociology, UW-Madison Hosted by: Luís Madureira BIO I study the ways in which health, development, and the environment intersect …
ACS Works-in-Progress: “The Evolution of Swahili Islamic Marital Advice, 1932-2020” ⎻ Katrina Daly Thompson
1418 Van Hise HallSAVE THE DATE for the very first presentation of the newly created "ACS Works-in-Progress" ongoing series! "Works-in-Progress" gatherings are monthly symposiums that will give ACS grad students and faculty the opportunity to share their work …
Africa at Noon: Towards an African Afrofuturism with Warrick Moses
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIDate/Time: February 8th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Warrick Moses, African Cultural Studies, UW-Madison Hosted by: Luís Madureira BIO Born and raised in South Africa, Warrick’s primary research interrogates racial and language …
Africa at Noon: A Reflection on the Recently Concluded Sister City Trip to Kanifing, The Gambia with Rep. Samba Baldeh and Mr. Jerreh Kujabi
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI. Date/Time: February 15th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers:Rep. Samba Baldeh and Mr. Jerreh Kujabi, Madison Kanifing Sister City Hosted by: Luís Madureira BIO Samba Baldeh is the …