Genre 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 […]
Wednesday Feb. 5 6:30pm-8:00pm La Maison Française 16 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003
A 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 […]
The Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) at NYU and The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) Social Studies Office In 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 […]
Book Talk: Our Own Way in This Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, and Nation About this Event Kofi D?nk? was a blacksmith and farmer, as well as an important healer, intellectual, spiritual leader, settler of disputes, and custodian of shared values for his Ghanaian community. In Our Own Way in […]
