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Text Image Studies and African Humanities

Recap: Text Image Studies and African Humanities with Yvan Alagbe

Monday April 23, 2018

Cartoonist Yvan Alagbé gave a lecture titled, “Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures,” on April 16 for the Text/Image Working Group. Alagbé gave a reading of his work, “Le Negro Jeune” and discussed his artistic choices in his cartoons. Alagbé intended for his images to be raw and imprecise, representing the details of life that blur together. […]

Recap: Text Image Studies and African Humanities with Grace Musila

Monday April 16, 2018

On April 11, the Text and Image in Africa Working Group hosted Grace Musila (Stellenbosch University) for her lecture, “Comic calibrations of violence in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.” Her lecture questioned how comedy and humor engage with violence in Africa, driven by the existing literature that ties together humor and social suffering. Dr. Musila […]