Date/Time: December 14th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Vlad Dima Photo: Meaninglessness: Time, Rhythm, and the Undead in in Postcolonial Cinema BIO Vlad Dima is a Professor of African Cultural Studies at the …
Africa at Noon
“What Comes After Representation?” (In-Person)
Date/Time: December 7th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Sean Jacobs PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION I will talk about the politics of my research practice, Africa Is a Country, which I founded in 2009 to challenge …
Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art Beyond the so-called “Arab Spring” (In-Person)
Date/Time: November 30th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Nevine El Nossery Presentation Description: If the Arab uprisings did not bring about substantive socio-political change, they nevertheless created an environment that is increasingly favorable …
When Fighting Becomes an End in Itself: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Virtual)
Date/Time: November 9th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Jason K. Stearns Zoom: To access the event directly, click here. For dial-in information, click here. This event has passed. Recording can be found here Presentation description: Well into …
Ndau Transnational Spirits, Languages, and Identities in Zimbabwe and Mozambique (In-Person)
Date/Time: November 2nd 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Emmanuel Sithole This event has passed. Recording can be found here. Presentation description The Ndau are a Bantu ethnic group in the Zambezi valley, in …
How Jesus Became Black: Kongo’s Discovery of its Role in the Creation and Nativity Stories (Virtual)
Date/Time: October 26th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: John K. Thornton Zoom: To access the event directly, click here. For dial-in information, click here. This event has passed. Recording can be accessed here. BIO John Thornton is …
West African Roots of Pan-Africanism
Date/Time: October 19th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Rebecca Shumway This event has passed. Recording can be found here. BIO Rebecca Shumway is a historian of 18th and 19th century West Africa and …
Nikumbuke: Health and the UN Development Goals by Motorbike
Date/Time: October 12th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Bendettah Muthina Thomas This event has passed. Recording can be found here. Presentation Description: In her talk, Bendettah will share her personal and professional stories …
Radiant Matter: The Long Shadow of French Nuclear Imperialism in the Living Sahara
Date/Time: October 5th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm This event has passed. Recording can be accessed here. Speakers: Jill Jarvis PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Prof. Jarvis’s talk explores the critical possibilities of aesthetic representation for apprehending …
CANCELED: For a Paradigm Shift in Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa
Date/Time: September 28th 2022, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Médard Obiang Ebanega PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION This event has been cancelled. We hope to see you all at our events for Africa At Noon. This lecture …