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Matiangai  Sirleaf,  University of  Maryland. "Africa,  COVID-­19,  and  Responsibility" September 11 | 3:30pm  Matiangai Sirleaf is the Nathan Patz Professor of Law. She writes and teaches in the areas of global public health law, public international law, international human rights law, international criminal law, post-conflict and transitional justice and criminal law. Her most recent publications in this area include

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Philip Janzen, UF. Reforming,  Deforming,Unforming:  Poetry  and  Geography  in  Atlantic  World  History. 3:30pm Register for the Zoom Webinar event here.

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Susan  Cooksey,  UF. Agents  of  Change:  Metal  Arts  and  Artists  in  sub-­Saharan  Africa. 3:30pm   Register here: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cxBLSFuERbmulabN4BRiiA​

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Abdalla Adamu, Bayero University. "Don’t’ Translate M**r in the Vernacular”: Rap, Hip-Hop and Islamicate Public Culture in Northern Nigeria. October 9 | 3:30pm EST   Register in advance for this meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-uurz0oHNUUomD5s6vjJIPjSnYz5oZe

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SM  Rodriguez,  Hofstra  University. Imagining  Transformative  Justice  in  African  LGBTI  Politics.  3:30pm Register here. 

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With Paul Landau, University of Maryland. "Operation Mayibuye and the Limits of the Political Imagination." October 30 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Landau is professor of history. His publications include: “The M-Plan: Mandela’s Struggle to Reorient the African National Congress.” Journal of Southern African Studies (2019); Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 (2010); and Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial

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Adrienne Strong, UF. Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality & the Ethics of Care in Tanzania. November 13 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Strong is assistant professor of anthropology. Her publications include: "Using paired cultural modeling and cultural consensus analysis to maximize program suitability in local contexts." Health Policy and Planning (co-author, 2020); "Causes and effects of occupational risk for healthcare workers on

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Adib  Bencherif,  UF. Tuareg  Women  in  the  Northern  Malian  Conflict: Ambivalence  and  Layers  of  Symbolic Violence. 3:30pm   Dr. Bencherif is a postdoctoral fellow in the Sahel Research Group. His publications include: "Lethal Violence in Civil War: Trends and Micro-dynamics of Violence in the Northern Mali Conflict (2012-2015)." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (co-author, 2020); "From

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Alex Thurston, University of Cincinnati. Northern Nigerian Intellectuals, Sudan, and the “Eclectic Style” in Contemporary Islamic Thought. January 22 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Joel Hartter, University of Colorado. Local People and the Global Conservation Imperative: Perspectives from the Albertine Rift. January 29 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Hartter is associate professor of environmental studies and earned his doctorate from UF. His publications include: "More Robust Local Governance Suggests Positive Effects of Long-term Community Conservation." Conservation Science & Practice (co-author,

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Oumar Ba, Morehouse College. "Peace, Democracy, and Prosperity for All: Africa and the International Legal Order." February 5 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Ba is assistant professor of political science and earned his doctorate at UF. His publications include: States of Justice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court (2020); "Who are the Victims of Crimes

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Folashade Soulé, University of Oxford. African Agency in the Pandemic Time: Reflecting on Africa-China Relations. February 12 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Nana Osei-Opare, Fordham University. We Became Ghanaian: The Archive, Race, and the USSR. February 19 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Katherine Luongo, Northeastern University. Border-Crossing Beliefs: African Witchcraft and Global Asylum-Seeking. February 26 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations. How Should the Biden Administration Engage with a Rapidly Declining Nigeria—and Does It Matter? March 5 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Cheikh Thiam, School for International Training. COVID-19, Coloniality, and the Limits of Western Arrogance: Thoughts from Africa. March 19 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Álvaro Luís Lima, UF. Partners in Crime: The Dog in the Art of Post-apartheid South Africa. March 26 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Todd Cleveland, University of Arkansas. Servers, Safaris, and Social Ascension: African Labor in the Tourism Industry in Colonial Mozambique, c. 1890-1975. April 16 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Baraza Wandia Njoya, Daystar University. #IfikieMastude: The Political Vernacular of Education in Kenya. Dr. Njoya is senior lecturer in French and African literature. Her publications include: “Curriculum Reforms in Kenya.” Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies (2018); “Just Act, Don’t Think! Religion, Education and Disciplinary Decadence.” Atlantic Journal of Communication (2011); and “Lark Mirror: African Culture, Masculinity

Distinguished Lecture in African Archaeology

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 Dist. Lecture in African Archaeology: Yonas Beyene, French Center for Ethiopian Studies. Big Tools, Big Brains: Human Evolution and the Acheulian Techno-complex in Pleistocene Africa. 3:30pm

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A Baraza with Danielle Sanchez, Colorado College “African Opinions” at the Brazzaville Conference: Evolué Politics, Representation, and the Future of French Colonialism in Africa Dr. Sanchez is assistant professor of history. Her publications include: African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization (co-editor, 2019); “Bar-Dancing, Palm Wine, and Letters: Alcohol Consumption, Social Life, and Entrepreneurialism

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Baraza with George Bob-Milliar, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. Repetitive Distributive Politics in Northern Ghana: The Case of SADA and NDA. Dr. Bob-Milliar is senior lecturer in the Department of History & Political Studies. His publications include: “Political Transitions and Commissions of Inquiry: The Politicisation of Accountability in Ghana.” Third World Quarterly (co-author, 2020); “We run

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Baraza with Michael Gennaro, Seminole State College One Big Night: Dick Tiger and the Fight over Nigerian Independence Dr. Gennaro is associate professor of history and earned his PhD at UF. His publications include: “The Cause is a Worthy One: Sport in Lagos, Nigeria during WWII.” Journal of African Military History (2020); “Ban this Cruel Sport Boxing:

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Baraza with Julie Archambault, Concordia University Sweaty Motions: Materiality, Meaning and the Emerging Workout Ethic in Mozambique Dr. Archambault is associate professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology.  Her publications include: “Urban Precarity and Aspirational Compromise: Feeling Otherwise in a Mozambican Suburb.” City & Society (2021); “Concrete Violence, Indifference and Future-making in Mozambique.” Critique

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Baraza January 21 @ 3:30pm Jean-Frederic de Hasque, Université Louvain. Lions Clubs and the Baster Community in Namibia: The Making of Politics from the Perspective of African Associations.   *This event has been postponed

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Baraza January 28 @ 3:30pm Sarah Politz, UF. Postcolonial Trauma Healing and Afro-Modernity in the Jazz and Brass Band Music of Benin Republic. Register to attend here.  Dr. Politz is assistant professor in the School of Music. Her publications include: “Protest, Polyvalence, and Indirection in Benin’s Brass Band Music.” Honk! (2019); “We Don’t Want to

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POSTPONED : Baraza February 4 @ 3:30pm Fatimah Tuggar, UF. Hybrid Encounters: West African Expertise & Digital Expressions.

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Baraza February 11 @ 3:30pm Amanda Subalusky, UF. Water and Wildlife in the Mara Serengeti.

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Baraza February 18 @ 3:30pm David Rifkind, UF. Architecture and Urbanism in Addis Ababa. Register https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_snNZK2DSR1qASibUVDe0EQ Dr. Rifkind is professor and director of the School of Architecture. His publications include: Modern Ethiopia: Architecture, Urbanism and the Building of a Nation (2022); “Colonial Cities at the Crossroads: Italy and Ethiopia.” In Silva (ed.) Urban Planning in

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Baraza February 25 @ 3:30pm Marissa Moorman, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Angolan Radio in Five Songs. *This is a hybrid event: Attend on Zoom or in person in 404 GRI Dr. Moorman is professor in the Department of African Cultural Studies. Her publications include: “Luanda Humms and Buzzes: Urban Soundscapes, Club Music, and Dance, 1960-present.”

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Baraza March 4 @ 3:30pm Christopher Witulski, Bowling Green State University. Innovation and Authenticity: Diatribes of Gnawa Heritage. Dr. Witulski is assistant professor of ethnomusicology and earned his PhD at UF. His publications include: Focus: Music and Religion of Morocco (2019); The Gnawa Lions: Authenticity and Opportunity in Moroccan Ritual Music (2018); and “Light Rhythms

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Baraza March 18 @ 3:30pm Kim Valenta, UF. Sensory Ecology of Fear: A New Approach to Mitigating Human-Elephant Conflict. Dr. Valenta is assistant professor of anthropology. Her publications include: “The ghost fruits of Madagascar: Identifying dysfunctional seed dispersal in Madagascar’s endemic flora.” Biological Conservation (co-author, 2020); “Research Stations as Conservation Instruments. A Tiered Analysis of

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Baraza March 25 @ 3:30pm Saida Hodžić, Cornell University. From (In)security to Abolition: African Perspectives on Ruling Imaginaries. Dr. Hodzic is associate professor of anthropology. Her publications include: The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs (2017); “Ascertaining Deadly Harm: Aesthetics and Politics of Global Evidence.” Cultural Anthropology (2013); and “Unsettling Power: Domestic Violence,

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Baraza April 1 @ 3:30pm Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies. Africa, Islam, and the Changing Global Architecture.

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Baraza April 22 @ 3:30pm Bennetta Jules-Rosette, UC San Diego & J.R. Osborn, Georgetown University. Reframing African Art & Museum Culture.

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Baraza: Jean-Frédéric de Hasque, Université Catholique de Louvain. Westernized Governance? The Fight in Johannesburg, the Slingshot in Lusaka. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER

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Baraza: Christopher Richards, Brooklyn College. Saris, Qipaos and Jaguars: The Historical Fashion Culture of Accra. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER

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Providing Quality of Care in Fragile and Vulnerable Settings: Lessons from South Sudan. Jacob Atem, Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization. 3:30pm in 404 GRINTER

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Providing Quality of Care in Fragile and Vulnerable Settings: Lessons from South Sudan. Jacob Atem, Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization. 3:30pm in 404 GRINTER

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Human Response to Climate Change in the Horn of Africa: A Case Study of Ethiopia's Afar Rift during the Holocene. Lamya Khalidi, CNRS/Université Côte d'Azur. 3:30pm in 404 GRINTER

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'Face No Fear Face’: Unmasking Youths and Contemporary Masquerade in Urban Calabar. Jordan Fenton, Miami University. 3:30pm in 404 GRINTER

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‘Eat Soil and Be Quiet’: The Irreconcilability of Body and Soil in South African Farm Literature. Mandisa Haarhoff, Pennsylvania State University. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER

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Ready for the Revolution: Nationalism and Ethnicity in Twentieth-century Guinea. John Straussberger, Florida Gulf Coast University. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER

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Nostalgia and Selving in Heritage Conservation: Suakin Island in Erdogan’s Ottoman Imaginary. Lina Benabdallah, Wake Forest University. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER

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Meredith Marten, University of West Florida. ‘End of AIDS’ or an End of AIDS Funding? Medical Insecurity and Maternal HIV Treatment in Tanzania. 3:30pm in 404 GRI

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Adegbola Adesogan, University of Florida. Nutrition-focused Research and Capacity-building for Improving Livelihoods, Health, and the Environment in Africa. Dr. Adesogan is professor of animal sciences and director of the Food Systems Institute. His publications include: “Forage conservation in sub-Saharan Africa: Review of experiences, challenges, and opportunities.” Agronomy Journal (co-author, 2022); “Improving adoption of technologies and interventions for increasing