最色导航

Thank you for your interest in the Center for Africana Studies' annual programs.  To view recordings of our events, please visit our YouTube Channel: 

Dr. Oumar Cherif Diop, Professor Department of English 

鈥淪ilence and Silencing in Selected African Literature鈥� 
  
The study shows that silence is a multifaceted device in African literature, with thematic, narrative, and rhetorical functions, conveying complex social, political, cultural, and psychological meanings. 

Date: Tuesday February 7th 

Time: 12:30pm 鈥� 1:30pm 

Location: Prillaman Hall, Indoor Plaza, HS 1001 

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Gustavo Melo Cerqueira, Federal University of Bahia 

Human Rights and Afro-Brazilian Religions 
 
Candombl茅, Umbanda, and Jurema are some among several denominations of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Indigenous religions in Brazil. Although many elements of Afro-Brazilian religions are deeply intertwined in Brazilian culture as whole, Afro-Brazilian religious communities and their members are constantly threatened by the growth of religious racism in Brazil. In this lecture, Dr. Melo Cerqueira will talk about the formation of Afro-Brazilian religions, how antiblack racism structures social, political, and institutional relations in Brazil and the efforts that Afro-Brazilian religious communities, in partnership with local, national, and international organizations, have been doing to fight for religious freedom in Brazil. 

Date: Tuesday February 18th

Time: 12:30pm 鈥� 1:45pm 

Location: English Building 221 

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Historical African American Narrative & Art Exhibition 

Narrative Historical Art, Reading Wood and Mulberry Crossing Angel of Hope House present a collaborative effort with 最色导航. 

The artist, Dr. Yvette Stephens Crossing dedicates her work to her Great Cloud of Witnesses who have passed on as she is wisely and patiently guided by her family, supportive friends, historians, griots, and her other angels on this earth. 

REDISCOVER, REMEMBER and REJOICE IN OUR HISTORY introduces the attendee to interesting people and places in African American History which/who are seldom talked about and interesting facts about people we know. 

Come with us on a journey of REDISCOVERING, REMEMBERING and REJOICING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. 

Date: Monday, February 24th

Time: 12:15pm 鈥� 1:45pm 

Location: Prillaman Hall Indoor Plaza, HS1001 

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Dr. Abdelaziz El Bakkali, Media and Cultural Anthropology, Associate Professor, Fulbright Scholar, ASU, USA

鈥淢orocco on the Screen: Hollywood Portrayals of a Middle Eastern Culture鈥� 

The lecture deals with how Hollywood reinvents Moroccan cultural identity through "new" constructs. It discusses the circulation of such images as an attempt to define the country鈥檚 identity within its Arab, Muslim, and African roots. Showing how these images circulate and are consumed can provide an avenue for rethinking the role of American culture in the Arab world by positing and producing alternative possibilities of new perceptions and encounters between the two cultures. 

Date: Tuesday February 25th

Time: 11:00am-12:15pm 

Location: English Building 182

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Film Review, Lectures, Performances, Student Conference.

Join us each day!

Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Film Review, Lecture & Q&A 

Film Review - "We Were Here" - The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, exhibited in the Central Pavilion directed by Adriano Pedrosa at the 60岬検� International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, sheds light on the overlooked presence of African and Black individuals in Renaissance Europe, highlighting their depiction in masterpieces by some of the era鈥檚 most celebrated artists. How did they come to Europe? Why were they portrayed? Were they truly all servants or slaves? If the Black faces portrayed in these Renaissance masterpieces could speak, what would they tell us? 

Date: Monday, March 17th

Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm 

Location: Carmichael Student Center, University Rooms

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Lola Okunola, Lecture, Q&A, Gallery Opening, Reception 

鈥淭hreads of Identity: African Textiles in Mixed Media.鈥� Lecture & Gallery Opening, Reception. 

This exhibition by鈥疞ola鈥疧kunola showcases her vibrant mixed media art, inspired by the rich heritage of African fashion and culture. Using African textiles and prints, she creates captivating pieces that celebrate the diversity and unity of the Pan-African experience, blending tradition and contemporary expression. 

Date: Tuesday March 18th

Time: 11:00am-12:15pm 

Location: J.W. Wilson Building, Stillwell Theater

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The Center for Africana Studies presents Senegalese artist, singer, poetess, songwriter and music producer, T.I.E. focusing on her research in experiential discovery questioning the function of the notion of gender in the balance of power in society, and Senegalese art and culture. Performance, Lecture & Q&A 

For This performance, T.I.E., has chosen to address traumatic memories and the dynamics of domination by using "ritual as a bond, action as ritual," that 鈥渋nvites us to invest a gesture with an intention and questions our presence in the world in connection with our environment鈥�. 

Date: Wednesday, March 19th

Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm (12:30-1:45,

Location: Prillaman Hall Indoor Plaza HS1001) or JW Wilson Building, Stillwell Theater (Tentative)

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BLCK Student Research and Community Engagement Conference 2025 

Theme: 鈥淏lack Studies: Where Knowledge Meets Joy鈥� 

Keynote Address: Dr. Chika Unigwe, Georgia College & State University  

Date: Thursday, March 20th

Time: 11:00am 鈥� 12:15pm  

Location: ALC2106

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Center for Africana Studies Annual Cultural Festival, 鈥淐elebrating the Ties that Bind鈥� 

Join us this year as we celebrate and honor the cultural connections between Africa & the Diaspora. Enjoy a 鈥淭aste of the Diaspora鈥� by feasting on featured appetizers!  And visit vendors providing a wide variety of goods & services available for purchase! 

Performing this year: African dance & drumming instructor, Samba Diallo, AYOKA PRODUCTION. Performance, lecture & Q&A. 

We hope to see you there!  

Date: Thursday, April 17th 

Time:  12:00pm-3:00pm 

Location: Carmichael Student Center University Rooms 

Dr. Chika Unigwe鈥檚 鈥淥n Black Sisters鈥� Street鈥� Book Club  

On Black Sisters鈥� Street tells the haunting story of four very different women who have left their African homeland for the riches of Europe鈥攁nd who are thrown together by bad luck and big dreams into a sisterhood that will change their lives. Raw, vivid, unforgettable, and inspired by a powerful oral storytelling tradition, this novel illuminates the dream of the West鈥攁nd that dream鈥檚 illusion and annihilation鈥攁s seen through African eyes. It is a story of courage, unity, and hope, of women鈥檚 friendships and of bonds that, once forged, cannot be broken. 鈥淧owerful鈥�.The author鈥檚 raw voice, unflinching eye for 

Date: Wednesday, April 23rd

Time: 11:00am-1:00pm - Dr. Unigwe joins the discussion, 12:00pm 鈥� 1:00pm 

Location: ALC 5104 

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