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Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Museum Nights: “Kongo across the Waters”

Join us for a celebration of art and culture from throughout Africa, with a special focus on Kongo across the Waters. Special activities surrounding UF’s Common Reading Program and the book, “A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka” will also take place.

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

CAS Working Groups Intro Session

An Introduction to CAS Working Groups: Research Opportunities for UF Students and Faculty Representatives from various CAS-sponsored interdisciplinary working groups will provide details about their research directions, current group member areas of expertise,

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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

Islam | Africa

Mediating Bamba: Qasida Exegesis in the Age of New Media Tuesday September 15 @ 11:45am Attend through Zoom Webinar: Register Here Abstract: The Mouride Sufi order, which was founded by Amadou Bamba at

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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.

Mixing Disciplines

Title: Concepts and Careers | Conversation with Apollo Amoko and Nancy Hunt Date: Tuesday, 22nd September 2020 Time : 7-9pm  Contact dengzheyuan@ufl.edu for Zoom meeting details. During this workshop, Prof. Amoko (English) and

SASA

Felicien  Maisha,  UF.  Manhood and Masculinity  among  Biboko  Men  during  COVID-­19  Lockdown  in  Goma, Democratic  Republic  of  Congo.  11:45am

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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​

Social Change | Development

The Social Change and Development (SCAD) Working Group invites you to the first meeting of the year on Monday, September 28th from 12:50-1:45pm! Talk: Artemisia annua and COVID-19 Speaker: Sarah Staub,

Health | Africa

Abebe  Bekele,  University  of  Global  Health  Equity.  Surgical  Education  and  Evaluation  in  SubSaharan  Africa.  Time  TBA

Institutions | State

Renata  Serra,  UF. Do  Stakeholder  Meetings  Make  a  Difference?  Preliminary  Findings  from  a Pilot  Project  in  Rwanda.  3:00pm

Islam | Africa

Terje  Ostebo,  UF.  Ethiopia  and  Saudi  Arabia:  Between  Proximity  and  Distance.  11:45am Link to the meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92484216980?pwd=Z0Z5ZzJWd05RczJyL0JIb2J2T3ptQT09   Abstract: Geographical proximity has enabled deep connections between peoples on the Arabian

Mixing Disciplines

Roundtable  – “Fieldwork” across  Disciplines. 7:00pm

Health | Africa

Innovations  – Creative  Responses  to  Public  Health  Problems.  3:00pm

Luce Foundation Workshop

Islam,  Media,  and  Popular  Culture  in  Africa  and  Elsewhere.  10:00am

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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:

Social Change | Development

Marit  Ostebo,  UF.  Stumbling  over  Artificial  Intelligence  while  Tracing  COVID-­19  in  Ethiopia.  12:50pm

SASA

Megan  Cogburn,  UF. Go  to  Chigonela! Developing  Bodies  and Care  at  a  Tanzanian  Maternity  Waiting Home. 11:45am Register here. 

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

Mixing Disciplines

Workshop  – Writing  Dissertation  Grant  Proposals.  7:00pm

Social Change | Development

Social Change | Development Opioid Scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Project Directions. Dr. Adrienne Strong, Assistant Professor and Megan Cogburn, Ph.D. Candidate UF Department of Anthropology. October 26 | 12:50pm EST In

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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

Institutions | State

Institutions | State Sebastian Elischer,  UF. Post-­military Coup Protest and its Consequences. Findings from  Guinea and  Côte d'Ivoire. November 2 | 3:00pm EST. Join Via Zoom. Recent scholarship argues that post-Cold War military

Health | Africa

Partnership  and  Leadership  – Building  Successful  Teams.  3:00pm

Mixing Disciplines

Mixing  Disciplines Post-­election  Results: Perspectives via Africa, USA, and Black Lives Everywhere. November 4  | 7:00pm EST Our panelists will share their perspectives on the impact of the U.S Elections and

Islam | Africa

Deng Zheyuan, UF. November 10 | 11:45am EST "Islam and Education: Nigerians in Malaysia" African students in China or Middle East has attracted much scholarly attention. The presence of Nigerian students

Natural Resource Management | Africa

Natural Resource Management | Africa Wildlife, Livestock, and Sustainable Savannas With Guest Speakers Dr. Richard Fynn (Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana) & Dr. Chris Brown (CEO, Namibian Chamber of Environment)

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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

Social Change | Development

Eric  Coker,  UF  12:50pm-1:45pm EST Dr. Eric Coker, Assistant Professor, UF Department of Environmental and Global Health. "Advancing environmental health research innovations in Africa through application of data science" Join us

Mixing Disciplines

Please join us for a special Fall Lecture, hosted by the Mixing Africa's Disciplines workshop: With renowned South African psychologist Kopano Ratele titled "Orienting Frames: New Thoughts on (African) Psychologies" which will be taking place on November 17th,

SASA

Netty Carey,  UF. Lines  in  the  Sand:  Precarious  Property  on  Ghana's  Eroding Coast.  11:45am

Islam | Africa

Ousseina Alidou, Rutgers University. COVID-19 Pandemic, Hausa Muslim Poetic Narratives, Compassion and Resistance. December 1 | 11:45am EST Attend through Zoom Meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/91735731699 While the world scientific communities are racing to find

Mixing Disciplines

Workshop -­ Critiquing and Revising Dissertation Chapters and Articles. December 1 | 7:00pm EST The workshop will be an interactive learning opportunity for students wishing to gain and improve dissertation writing skills. Two chapters will be distributed to