Event Calendar

African Studies (March 1 through May 31)

Wednesday, March 6

• 7:00 PM Teacher Webinar: Histories of Indenture, Resistance, and Affirmation with Dr. Krish Seetah

Monday, March 18

• 12:30 PM WALTER RODNEY SEMINAR: ANTICOLONIAL NATIONALISM IN PORTUGUESE AFRICA AND THE LANGUAGE QUESTION (Abel Amado)

Wednesday, March 20

• 7:00 PM Cinem'Afriq: Watching and Discussing Tazzeka (2018. 95 min. Morocco)

Monday, March 25

• 12:30 PM WALTER RODNEY SEMINAR: ECO VILLAGES REVISITED: THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA, POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, AND PUBLIC OPINION IN GREENING AFRICA (Christopher Graham)

Wednesday, March 27

• 4:00 PM French Book Group Discussion: Reading The Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel

Wednesday, April 3

• 4:00 PM African Literature Discussion Group: Reading The Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
• 5:30 PM African Language Theater Night & Free Community Dinner

Monday, April 8

• 12:30 PM WALTER RODNEY SEMINAR: ETHIOPIA AND THE ART OF CROSS CULTURAL EXCHANGE (Christine Sciacca)
• 4:00 PM Research on Tap: BU and Africa: Culture, Development, Health, Environment, and Governance

Monday, April 22

• 12:30 PM WALTER RODNEY SEMINAR: NAVIGATING LINGALA (Josh Castillo)

Thursday, April 25

• 7:00 PM Film Screening: Stealing a Nation. Mauritius/Chagos. 60 min. John Pilger

Saturday, April 27

• 9:30 AM Understanding the history of the Chagos Islands

Monday, April 29

• 12:30 PM WALTER RODNEY SEMINAR: HISTORY AND THE FETISH: THE DELCOMMUNE NKISI AS HISTORICAL OBJECT (Cecile Fromont)

Thursday, May 2

• 2:00 PM The Long 1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights