Center for African Studies

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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: …

 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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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

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: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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 …