Center for African Studies

Join the University of Florida National Resource Centers (NRCs) and the University of Texas at Austin Hemispheres NRCs virtually or in-person for current research presentations on The Many Faces of Democracy. Area studies experts will represent what democracy looks like in Western Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Russia/Eastern Europe/Eurasia. This free workshop is an opportunity to network …

A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American novel. Extraordinary for its exquisite language, its implacable sorrow, its soaring beauty, and for its monumental portrait of the forces that shape families and nations, Homegoing heralds the arrival of …

C4SP Lecture Series presentation on Norms of Solidarity and Regionalism: Theorizing State Behavior among Southern African States is approaching. Topic: Despite many recognized ambivalences, “norms of solidarity” portray a dominant picture of foreign policy practices of Southern African states. However, norms of solidarity, state behavior among Southern African states, and regional integration arrangements are not …

Food Security, Partnerships, and the War in Ukraine.   Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/95642389472?pwd=TGx3alVIdHh3Rm5ZOTNjNEd1RUZwUT09

John Mwihaki, University of Florida. Use of Herbarium Specimens from Africa in the Molecular Phylogeny of Tree Ferns. 11:45am in 471 Grinter

Devaka Premawardhana, Emory University. Male Initiation and Matrilineal Ideology in Northern Mozambique.

UNA*USA Gainesville Chapter Celebrates United Nations Day Global Health: Human, Animal, and Environment   Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:45 am to 1:45 pm At Oak Hammock 5100 SW 25th Blvd. Gainesville, FL Keynote Speaker: Dr. Zhoumeng Lin Associate Professor, Public Health University of Florida  Expert Panelists  Dr. Paul Gibbs Professor Emeritus Veterinary Medicine …

Noah Nathan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Explaining Urban Order: The Autocratic Origins of Africa’s City Street Networks. Abstract:  I connect the political incentives of state leaders to the physical geometry of urban built environments. Drawing on a novel combination of street network data, archival maps, and satellite imagery, I test and refine classic claims that …

Torben Becker, University of Florida. At Night in Accra: A Multifaceted Partnership Saves Lives in Ghana.

Rujeko Dumbutshena, University of Florida. Ndechedu Tese: Sustainable Communitybased and Cultural Arts Projects in Zimbabwe.