September 7
“Pleasure and the Pleasurable in Africa and the African Diaspora”
Katrina Daly Thompson
Professor, Department of African Cultural Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Damon Sajnani
Assistant Professor, Department of African Cultural Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tejumola Olaniyan
Professor, Department of African Cultural Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 14
“District Six Revisited: The politics of land and memory in Cape Town, South Africa”
Ciraj Rassool
Professor, Department of History and African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
September 21
“The Habré Trial Was a Success, Let’s Not Repeat It”
Thierry Cruvellier
Journalist and Visiting Lecturer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 28
“Bike Friendly Bahir Dar”
Jason Vargo
Assistant Scientist, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jonathan Patz
Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Director, Global Health Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 5
“A Visual History of South African Apartheid Through American Eyes: Margaret Bourke-White, 1950”
Alex Lichtenstein
Associate Professor, Department of History
Indiana University
October 12
“Enacting Africa: Neoliberalism and Politics of Global Presence”
Bayo Holsey
Associate Professor, Department of History
Rutgers University
October 19
“Africa in 2016: Challenges and Opportunities”
Ambassador John L. Hirsch
Senior Adviser
International Peace Institute
October 26
“Africa, the Anthropocene, and the end of (Neo-)Liberal Time?”
Kirk B. Sides, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER)
University of the Witwatersrand
November 2
“Conversations – On the Rwandan Genocide Cartoons: Propaganda, Pleasure, Evil, Interest”
Tejumola Olaniyan
Professor, Department of African Cultural Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Isaac Kabera
Assistant Greenhouse Manager, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 9
“Africa after Obama: A Reflection on the U.S., Africa, and the United Nations”
Colin Thomas-Jensen
Deputy Director
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
November 16
“A Conversation on Urban Life in Africa: Mini-Buses, Moviegoing, and Popular Culture in Zanzibar and Nairobi”
Kenda Mutongi
Professor, Department of History
Williams College
Laura Fair
Associate Professor, Department of History
Michigan State Universit
November 23
Thanksgiving – NO AFRICA AT NOON
November 30
NO AFRICA AT NOON
December 7
“More People, More Trees: Social and Ecological Factors for Tree Cover Distribution in Southern Tanzania “
Niwaeli Kimambo
M.Sc. PhD Student, Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin – Madison
December 14
NO AFRICA AT NOON
December 21
NO AFRICA AT NOON