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Distinguished Speakers Series-Toyin Falola
February 11, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Toyin Falola, Ph.D., is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. A recipient of ten honorary doctorates, an annual conference has been named after him: TOFAC (Toyin Falola Annual Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora). The Association of Third World Studies has named its annual best book after him as the Toyin Falola Prize for the best book on Africa. He has contributed to various academic associations, once serving as the President of the African Studies Association. He has a forthcoming book, In Praise of Greatness: The Poetics of African Adulation.
Details
- Date:
- February 11, 2019
- Time:
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6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Event Tags:
- africa, center for the study of africa and the african diaspora, CSAAD, distinguished speaker, new york university, nyu, scholar, toying falola
Venue
- New York University Silver Center for Arts and Science, Jurrow Hall
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31 Washington Pl,
New York, NY, 10003 + Google Map