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.
The Africa at Noon series will take place virtually this semester until further notice. All are welcome. To access the event directly, click here. For dial-in information, click here.
You can view available recordings of past Africa at Noon webinars using the link(s) on the event page.
Find a Past Lineup
Fall 2021 Africa At Noon Events
September 15
“Transcendent Kingdom Flash Talks”
Ainehi Edoro
Samuel England
Sandra Adell
Yaa Oparebaa Ampofo
Unifier Tshimangadzo Dyer
September 22
Jason Yackee
Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
September 29
“Aso Ebi: Fractured Materiality and the Political Economy of Intimacy”
Okechukwu Nwafor
Professor of Art History and Painting at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Hosted by Jacque Mougoue
October 6
“Making Christianity African in Precolonial Ghana”
Paul Grant
Teaches at UW-Madison, UW-Platteville, and North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago)
October 13
Jan Vansina Lecture
“Waking Dreams : A Philosophy of African Independences”
Yala Kisukidi
Associate Professor in philosophy at Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis University
October 20
“The 2013 Intervention in Mali: A 21st Century Iteration of France’s ‘Back Yard'”
Elizabeth (Betsy) Schmidt
Professor Emeritus of History at Loyola University Maryland
Hosted by Jason Yackee
October 27
“Mozambique’s Samora Machel: A Life Cut Short”
Allen Isaacman
Regents Professor of History at the University of Minnesota and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Western Cape
November 3
“Empire of Rubber: Scenes from Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia”
Gregg Mitman
Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History, Medical History, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 10
“Insecurity in the Sahel: Political or Environmental Crisis or Both?”
Leif Brottem
Associate Professor of Global Development Studies at Grinnell College in Iowa
November 17
“‘Ebanga’ A Dream that Became Reality, A Life Story”
Jean-Jacques Muyembe
Hosted by Aliko Songolo
November 24
No Africa at Noon, Thanksgiving
December 1
José Cossa
Associate Professor in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University
Hosted by Luís Madureira
December 8
Sónia Vaz Borges
Militant interdisciplinary historian and social and political organizer.
Hosted by Luís Madureira