Past Events

Livia Apa
1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
April 23, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Livia Apa Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall (This in-person event will be livestreamed)  Join Livestream Talk Description Recent studies (Reza:2024 and Alfieri:2024) have delved deeper into the relationship between …

Dotun Ayobade
1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
April 16, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Dotun Ayobade Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall (This in-person event was livestreamed) View Recording Speaker’s Bio Dotun Ayobade is an Assistant Professor of Performance Studies and Black Studies at Northwestern University. …

Halimat Somotan
1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
April 9, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Halimat Somotan Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall (This in-person event will be livestreamed)  Join Livestream Speaker’s Bio Halimat Somotan is a social historian who studies the overlooked contributions of …

Samuel Fury Childs Daly
1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
April 2, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Samuel Fury Childs Daly Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall (This in-person event will be livestreamed)  Join Livestream Hosted by Michael Martoccio Sponsored by War in Society and Culture Program …

Sharon Hutchinson
1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
March 19, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Sharon Hutchinson Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall (This in-person event will be livestreamed)  Join Livestream Speaker’s Bio Sharon E. Hutchinson is Professor Emerita of Anthropology and African Studies at …

Ignatius Suglo
1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
March 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Ignatius Suglo Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall (This in-person event will be livestreamed)  Join Livestream Speaker’s Bio Ignatius G.D. Suglo is a media and cultural historian and a scholar …

1418 Van Hise Hall
March 11, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

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Elizabeth Jacob
Online: Zoom Webinar
March 5, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Elizabeth Jacob Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: VIRTUAL (Zoom Webinar)  Join Livestream Speaker’s Bio Elizabeth Jacob is a historian of modern West Africa who focuses on gender, family, and politics in twentieth-century …

Ali Baba Sanchi
Goodman South Library, 2222 South Park St., Madison, WI 53713 
February 26, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
https://africa.wisc.edu/africa-talks/

            Speakers: Ali Baba Sanchi and Voronica Bading Time: 5pm – 6:30pm CST Venue: Goodman South Library, 2222 South Park St., Madison, WI 53713  Speaker’s Bio: Ali Baba Sanchi is a …

Kirk Sides
1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
February 26, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Kirk Sides Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall (This in-person event will be livestreamed)  Join Livestream Speaker’s Bio Kirk Sides is an Assistant Professor in English and an Affiliate Professor …