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Deadline extended: The PAS spring newsletter is coming together! We would love o share information about your publications, presentations, performances, conference participation or other community news. Email newsletter editor-in-chief LaRay Denzer by April 18.

Devised by PhD. Candidates Patrick Owuor and Chernoh Bah, PASU is excited to inaugurate the Political Education Series this Friday from 6:30-8pm in the African Studies Library (5 East Tower, Main). Taking the form of open dialogues, this four-part series is dedicated to building a practical understanding of the ways in which meaningful change can be implemented from a local, national, and international level. Patrick and Chernoh haved shared some materials that to view ahead of the session. Please find linked below two brief documentaries which will be the focus of the discussion:   
1. Carlos Cardosso:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOeMEy8P0zg
2. Robert F. Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=757VnE1xa68

Friday, April 19, 2022 1:00-2:00 pm CDT (UTC -5) the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) hosts the talk "The Masjid in Contemporary Africa" by Michelle M. Apotsos (Williams College). This hybrid event will take place in person at Kresge Hall, Room 1515, Evanston. Register to participate on zoom here.
Swahili Language Table will meet Mondays, 4-5pm in the Main Library's Video Theater Room. All levels of proficiency are welcome to come and use their skills! Meeting dates:
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
Image is of the installation piece "Nkata" (2015) by Nnenna Okore.
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 9:00 -11:00am CT (breakfast served) is a workshop dedicated to talking through big ideas, asking questions, and sharing new work in anticipation of the Global and Local Strategies of Twenty-First Century African Artists Symposium that will take place in fall 2022. During and following the workshop, participants will be encouraged to consider collaborative possibilities, either for scholarly or creative work, and to explore themes present in the upcoming symposium. Register here for this hybrid event.
Opportunities
Attention Northwestern Graduate Students: Apply for a Panofsky Award

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: May 9, 2022
 
ASMEA’s Research Grants Program

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022
 
Richard A. Horovitz Fund for Professional Development Grant for 2022-23 

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022
 
Ideas Matter Fellowship for West African Scholars in a US institution

More information available here.
Submission Deadline: April 17, 2022
 
Other News and Events

April 21, 6-7:30pm, DePaul University presents “Art, Black Magic or Science?  Masterpieces of African Metallurgy,” with Foreman Bandama.  Register here to join this Zoom event.


April 19, 5:30-7pm:  “Postcolonial Nightmares” with Kevin Irakoze, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, University of Chicago
Discussant: Uchenna Okeja, Professor of Philosophy, Rhodes University

This event will be held remotely via Zoom. The event link and paper will be available on the ASW Canvas page. For those without access, please register by contacting Raffaella Taylor-Seymour (raffaella@uchicago.edu). More information is available here.
Walter Rodney Seminar Series, Boston University African Studies Center 
Spring 2022, at 12:30 – 2:00pm Eastern Time  All events will be accessible via Zoom using this registration link.

Apr 25: “Explaining Variations in State Responses to the Security Crisis in the Sahel,” Pierre Englebert (Pomona College)

May 2: “A Rebellion of Beans: Radical Black Ecologies of Crisis in the East of Congo,” Chérie Rivers Ndaliko (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
The Global Studies Program at Oakton Community College is hosting the conference: Integrating West African Perspectives and Voices into the Curriculum on Thursday, April 14, 2022, 1:00 - 5:00 pm (CDT) and Friday, April 15, 2022, 9 :00 – 4:00 pm (CDT) at Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL. Register here for this event by March 15, 2022

The current exhibition at Sakhile&Me gallery is Go Bipa Mpa Ka Mabele by Mbali Dhlamini, 3 March 2022 - 9 April 2022. "Mbali Dhlamini's first solo exhibition at Sakhile&Me highlights the artist's trans-disciplinary approach. The title references a saying in Setswana which loosely translates to "shroud in secrecy," a nod to Dhlamini's interest and sensibility in relaying insights about cultural practices and indigenous knowledge."

Visit the Sakhile&Me website for more information.
Image by Mbali Dhlamini

More Africa news and events:

OBITUARY: Fuji Musician, Easy Sawaba, Dies At 71, Independent (Abuja), 6 April 2022, 

In the new Wakanda cookbook, Black Panther food lore comes to life, Washington Post, 12 April 2022, 

Rwanda: Outsourcing Asylum Seekers - the Case of Rwanda and the UK, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 14 April 2022, 

Renewed campaign for Kiswahili by AU and UNESCO, Africa Renewal, 6 April 2022,  

Mali: Germany Tells Mali to Halt Work With Russian Mercenaries, Deutsche Welle, 13 April 2022, 

Liberia: Stay or Go? Tough Choice for Ivorian Refugees Living in Liberia for Two Decades, Radio France Internationale, 14 April 2022, 

INSECURITY: 2,968 killed, 1,484 abducted in three months; Niger, Zamfara, Kaduna most violent states, Premium Times (Abuja), 13 April 2022, 

Russia’s new world order is bad news for Africa, Al Jazeera, 10 April 2022,

Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that flourished in ancient Sudan, The Conversation (Johannesburg), 12 April 2022,  

South African scientists discover Omicron sublineages,  Daily Maverick (Johannesburg), 13 April 2022, 

Ghana Seeks Reparation of Stolen Cultural Heritage, Artifacts, Ghanaian Times (Accra), 13 April 2022, 

Why Nigeria's historic dye pits in Kano risk closure, BBC, 12 April 2022, 

Ivory Coast prime minister and government resign, Al Jazeera, 13 April 2022

‘I’m a warrior now’: how boxing is transforming the lives of young Nigerian women, Guardian (London), 13 April 2022, 

Game of confidence: Nigeria’s female boxers throw a punch at the patriarchy – in pictures, Guardian (London), 13 April 2022, 

Zimbabwe looks to the future with cannabis as tobacco demand is likely to fall, Bloomberg, 5 April 2022, 

Amazon Prime Video is building a London-based team for its Nigerian Originals, Quartz Africa, 11 April 2022, 

Nigeria: Badagry Museum, a Sobering Reminder of Nigeria's Long Slave Trade History, Radio France Internationale, 9 April 2022, 

 
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