The Role/Responsibility of the Black Scholar in a Moment of Global Exigency: A Panel Event

Africans are well acquainted with challenges, with those they currently face part of a longue durée spanning hundreds of years. The resurgence of a bellicose North American power, promoting an unapologetic, hyper-masculinist agenda to expand its imperial posture (in contravention of international law) further contributes to the difficulties, from the repeal of domestic policies to help the poor and dismantle systemic injustice, to terrorizing its own citizenry via paramilitary and military occupational forces, to slashing assistance for basic needs in a continent roiled in doctrinal factionalism and resource conflict (many financed by wealthy interests outside of Africa). Our distinguished panel convenes to consider the role and responsibility of the Black scholar in an existential moment.