10 events found.
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Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United States
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Puerto Rico Summer Uprising: What comes next?
The Summer of 2019 marked a pivotal moment in the history of people’s struggles in the island of Puerto Rico. Two weeks of massive protests culminated in the ousting of then-governor Ricardo Roselló. Our event explores how this protest was a response to humiliation, corruption, and austerity measures imposed by a “fiscal oversight board,” and […]
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The Africa~Diaspora Institute for Social Studies Teachers
Location: New York University 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY, United StatesIn 2020, from February 18-20, CSAAD will host a 3-day institute for middle and high school teachers in the New York City Department of Education for the purpose of providing them with training and materials to facilitate the integration of the African Diaspora into their classrooms and teaching. Teachers enrolled in the Institute will complete lesson plans integrating new content from the […]
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Book Talk: Boukary Sawadogo
Location: New York University 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY, United StatesGenre in African Screen Media: Comedy and TV Series Film history shows that the medium developed from popular cinema to art house cinema. However, the historical trajectory of African cinema shows a reverse pattern, going from art house to popular cinema. The often assumed polygeneric nature of African cinema has remained for several decades the […]
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Book Presentation: African Catholic: Decolonization and the Transformation of the Church
La Maison Française 16 Washington Mews, New York, NY, United StatesWednesday Feb. 5 6:30pm-8:00pm La Maison Française 16 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003
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Artist-in-Residence: Taiye Selasi
19 Washington Sq. North New York, NY, United StatesA writer and photographer of Nigerian and Ghanaian descent, born in London and raised in Boston, now living in Rome and Berlin, who has studied Latin and music, Taiye Selasi is herself a study in the modern meaning of identity. In 2005 she published the much-discussed (and controversial) essay "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What Is an […]
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African Farmers, Food Systems, and Fonio
NYU Africa House 44 Washington Mews, New York, NY -
Modernity, Fascism & Resistance: How Four Ethiopians Confronted, Maneuvered, and Survived the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1941
Casa Italian 24 West 12th St., New York, NY, United States
