AFRICA AT NOON IS 50!
Every Wednesday at noon — since 1973! — African Studies Program faculty, students, and community members have gathered for AFRICA AT NOON, a one-hour weekly lecture series bringing diverse African research from scholars around the world to a campus and community audience.
Spring 2024 Africa at Noon events will be livestreamed on Zoom. You can join here.
You can view available recordings of past Africa at Noon speakers here and on the event page as well.
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Find a Past Lineup
Spring 2025 Africa At Noon Events
January 29th
Ayodeji Adegbite
PhD Candidate, Department of History, UW-Madison
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
February 5th
VIRTUAL TALK
Democracy is the Sole and True Alternative to Violence
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
Advocate for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Rwanda
Hosted by Aili Tripp
Location: Online: Zoom Webinar
February 12th
Soeren Henn
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UW-Madison
Hosted by Aili Tripp
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
February 19th
Underwriting Dreams: A Journey of Leadership & Hope
Ousmane Kabré
Founder and CEO of Leading Change Africa
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
February 26th
African Literature’s Ecological Imaginary
Kirk Sides
Assistant Professor, Department of English, UW-Madison
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
March 5th
VIRTUAL TALK
Love, Money, and Modern Life: Photoromances in 1970s Côte d’Ivoire
Elizabeth Jacob
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Hosted by Jacqueline Mougoué
Location: Online: Zoom Webinar
March 12th
Africa in Global China Imaginaries
Ignatius Suglo
Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies, University of Richmond
Hosted by Jing Wang
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
March 19th
Nuer Wisdom: Preserving the Past – Empowering the Future
Sharon Hutchinson
Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology, UW-Madison
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 2nd
Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire
Samuel Fury Childs Daly
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Chicago
Hosted by Michael Martoccio
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 9th
The Lagos Market Women’s Association, International Activism, and the Struggle for Decolonization
Halimat Somotan
Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Hosted by Emily Callaci
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 16th
Density as Praxis: Story, Texture, and Scavenging
Dotun Ayobade
Assistant Professor, Performance Studies and Black Studies, Northwestern University
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 23rd
Livia Apa
Lusophone Literary Scholar, Lisbon
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706