September 9
New Perspectives on Oral Traditions in History
Jan Vansina
Professor of Emeritus, History and Anthropology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 16
Peeling the Layers of Congo’s Conflict: Understanding the Past and Present of Armed Mobilization
Jason Stearns
Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University
Director, Congo Research Group for the Center on International Cooperation
September 23
Democratization and Hegemonic Presidency in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Hopes and Challenges
Hubert Kabasu Babu Katulondi
Independent African Writer
September 30
Conversations: The African Diaspora in the Caribbean
Matt Childs
Associate Professor, History
University of South Carolina
Jim Sweet
Professor, History
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 7
The Politics of Chineseness in South Africa: From the Apartheid Years to 2014
Yoon Jung Park
Adjunct Associate Professor, African Studies
Georgetown University
October 14
Conversations: Boko Haram in Nigerian Cartoons
Jimga Jimoh Ganiyu
Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Teju Olaniyan
Professor, African Languages & Literature and English
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 21
Imaginary Representations of Space through Sound and Soccer in West African Cinema
Vlad Dima
Assistant Professor, French and Italian
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 28
The African HipHop Movement: Youth Culture and Democracy in Senegal
Damon Sajnani
Assistant Professor, African Languages and Literature
University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 4
Conversations: Fantasy Coffin Tradition and Innovation
Eric Adjetey Anang
Visiting Ghanaian Artist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mary Hark
Associate Professor, School of Human Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thomas Loeser
Professor, Art Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 11
The Mediterranean Refugee Crisis: Perspectives from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
A round table discussion with
Paul Cardwell
Bríd Ní Ghráinne
Sharon Hutchinson
Başak Yavçan
November 18
NO AFRICA AT NOON
November 25
NO AFRICA AT NOON
December 2
Guerrilla Healthcare Innovation: Creative Resilience in Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga, 1971-1980
Clapperton Mavhunga
Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology