Events


OCT
17
Date:
Thursday, 17 Oct 2024
Time:
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Zoom
Department:
African Studies Center
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Name/Affiliation: Sheku Mohamed Gassimu & Bernadette Musu Mustapha
OneVillage Partners

Topic: OneVillage Partners: Journey from Charity to Decolonization 

Eye on Africa is a weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

Date:
Thursday, 17 Oct 2024
Time:
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Zoom
Department:
African Studies Center
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Ghana and USA 
Promoting Global Education Through Exchange Programs: Experiences of Michigan State University and University of Cape Coast Reeves Scholars

African Tea Times are an opportunity to learn and share about cultural, political, historical and socioeconomic developments and experiences on the African continent and in the diaspora. The tea times are open to everyone.

OCT
31
Date:
Thursday, 31 Oct 2024
Time:
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
International Center Room 204 and Zoom
Department:
African Studies Center
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Name/Affiliation: Dr. Bienvenu Azehoungbo
Center for Foreign Languages University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Topic: The Culture of Orality in Africa: the Case of Benin in its Functioning and Manifestations  

Eye on Africa is a weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

NOV
7
Date:
Thursday, 07 Nov 2024
Time:
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
International Center Room 201 and Zoom
Department:
African Studies Center
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Name/Affiliation: Dr. Afis Ayinde Oladosu
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan

Topic: Islam in Nigeria Qua Africa: On Being and Becoming Muslim in the Contemporary Period  

Eye on Africa is a weekly seminar series that provides scholars, policy-makers, applied practitioners, students, and the interested public with cutting-edge and highly-contextualized knowledge about the African continent. Emerging and established scholars share the results of their recent research, with time for audience questions and comments. The series draws on a diverse group of presenters to create an inclusive, holistic view of African history, social movements, the economy, and politics.

Date:
Thursday, 07 Nov 2024
Time:
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Zoom
Department:
African Studies Center
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To Be Announced 

African Tea Times are an opportunity to learn and share about cultural, political, historical and socioeconomic developments and experiences on the African continent and in the diaspora. The tea times are open to everyone.