Dear CAS Students, Faculty and Friends:
Welcome back to campus and best wishes for the New Year!
I’m in Ghana where I witnessed the inauguration of incoming President, Nana Akuffo-Addo! Very exciting!
There’s already a lot going on at the Center too although the semester’s just begun.
Mark your calendars:
The Covering Africa initiative co-sponsored with the College of Journalism brings citizen-journalists Fati Abubakar and Farooq Kperogi to campus to talk about news, photojournalism and social media in Nigeria. Stay tuned for Kperogi’s Baraza Friday, Jan 13. The following week, January 20, Harn Museum Director and Africa Curators report on the contemporary art scene in Ghana.
The Center’s annual Carter Conference is scheduled for February 23-25. The topic is ‘On the Edge: What Future for the African Sahel’ and features panelists from across the region. March 25 is the Islam in Africa Symposium: Negotiating Gender and Sexualities in Muslim Africa. April 14 brings distinguished archaeologist Audax Mabulla from the National Museum of Tanzania. This is in addition to the usual schedule of Friday afternoon Baraza and our many working group sessions.
All events are open to the UF community and the public. We especially want to encourage undergraduate participation. Please let them know they are welcome at all our activities.
If you have Africa-focused events, publications, photographs, CFP or other information to share, send them to ufcasbulletin@gmail.com and we will make sure to include them in the CAS bulletin.
Brenda Chalfin