Spring 2022 Africa At Noon Events

Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (Remi Raji) Professor at University of Ibadan, Nigeria

February 2nd

“To Each Proverb Its Prosthesis: the (De)Composition of a Traditional African Verbal Art at the Present Time”

Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (Remi Raji)

Professor at University of Ibadan, Nigeria

 


Leila Tayeb Ph.D in Performance Studies, Northwestern University

February 16th

“Policing the Virtuous in Post-Gaddafi Libya”

Leila Tayeb

Ph.D in Performance Studies, Northwestern University

Hosted by Vlad Dima


Warrick Moses Assistant Professor of Music History and Cultures, Syracuse University

February 23rd

“Voice of the Cape: Reclaiming Landscape Through the Sound of Cape-Town-Based Hip-Hop”

Warrick Moses

Assistant Professor of Music History and Cultures, Syracuse University

Hosted by Vlad Dima


Samba Camara Teaching Assistant Professor. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

March 2nd

“Music in/as Afropolitan Tongue: The Ethics of Personhood in Wolof Islamic Hip Hop”

Samba Camara

Teaching Assistant Professor. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Hosted by Vlad Dima


Joella Bitter Ph.D in Anthropology, Duke University

March 9th

“The Aural City: Sensory Politics in the Making of Gulu, Uganda”

Joella Bitter

Ph.D in Anthropology, Duke University

Hosted by Vlad Dima


Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi Assistant Professor of Art History, Albion College

March 23rd

“The Fabric of Diaspora: Memory, Portraiture, and Empowerment in the Quilts of Bisa Butler”

Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi

Assistant Professor of Art History, Albion College

 


Tony Chafer Professor of African and French Studies, University of Portsmouth (UK)

March 30th

“French Military Interventions in Africa: Two Cheers for Multilateralism”

Tony Chafer

Professor of African and French Studies, University of Portsmouth (UK)

Hosted by Jason Yackee


Catherine Cole Division Dean of the Arts and Professor of Dance and English, University of Washington

April 6th

“Africa, the Great War, and William Kentridge’s “The Head & the Load”: Theatrical Collage and the Color of Memory”

Catherine Cole

Division Dean of the Arts and Professor of Dance and English, University of Washington

 


Sean Jacobs Associate Professor of International Affairs, The New School in New York City

April 13th

“What Comes After Representation”

Sean Jacobs

Associate Professor of International Affairs, The New School in New York City


Justine Maisha Davis Assistant Professor of AfroAmerican and African Studies and Political Science, University of Michigan

April 20th

“Uncivic Legacies: Wartime Rebel Control and Civic Society In Africa”

Justine Maisha Davis

Assistant Professor of AfroAmerican and African Studies and Political Science, University of Michigan

Hosted by John Pevehouse


Médard Obiang Ebanega Department of Geography and Maritime Science, Omar Bongo University

April 27th

“A Paradigm Shift in Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa”

Médard Obiang Ebanega

Department of Geography and Maritime Science, Omar Bongo University

 


Lusayo Mwakatika Business Development Officer, ACADES Malawi

May 4th

“Building Youth Resilience through Agriculture”

Lusayo Mwakatika

Business Development Officer, ACADES Malawi