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.
Due to technical limitations, we are currently unable to support hybrid events. All Africa at Noon series will be 100% virtual or 100% in person this semester until further notice. Apologies for the inconvenience.
All are welcome. To access the virtual events, click here. For dial-in information, click here.
Click here to access the 2023 Spring Africa At Noon Lineup
You can view available recordings of past Africa at Noon webinars using the link(s) on the event page.
Find a Past Lineup
Spring 2023 Africa At Noon Speaker Events
January 25
A.C. Jordan Prize paper: The Poetics of Unbreakable Bodies in Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile
Vincent Ogoti
African Cultural studies and History PhD Candidate
Hosted by Luís Madureira
February 1
Josh Garoon
Communication and Environmental Sociology, UW-Madison
Hosted by Luís Madureira
February 8
Towards an African Afrofuturism
Warrick Moses
African Cultural Studies, UW-Madison
Hosted by Luís Madureira
February 15
Rep. Samba Baldeh and Jerreh Kujabi
Madison Kanifing Sister City
Hosted by Luís Madureira
February 22
Emma Park
New School, NY
Hosted by Daniel Wiliford
March 1
The Archival Possibilities of Social Media
James Yeku
University of Kansas
Hosted by Matthew Brown
March 8
Ethnoracism in Settler and Colonial Societies: The Case of Black Immigrants in the United States
Mosi Ifatunji
Sociology, UW-Madison
Hosted by Luís Madureira
March 22 (VIRTUAL)
Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation (Virtual)
Kemi Balogun
University of Oregon
Hosted by ACS/Luís Madureira
March 29 (VIRTUAL)
Beyond Affective Violence: Embodying Suffering, Performing Citizenship (Virtual)
Amal Fadlalla
University of Michigan
Hosted by Sam England
April 5
Jessica R. Hawkins
University of Manchester
Hosted by Luís Madureira
April 12
Benedito Machava
Yale University
Hosted by Luís Madureira
April 19
Alhaji N’jai
Project 1808
Hosted by Luís Madureira
April 26
Teaching and Learning in a Time of Waithood
Carli Coetzee
Oxford University
Hosted by Moji Olaniyan