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Past Events

November
13
Date
Wed November 13th 2024, 9:00am - 10:15am

In May 2024, South Africa went to elections in a plebiscite that saw the African National Congress (ANC) losing the absolute majority it had garnered since 1994.

November
11
  • Centering Africa - CAS Annual Lecture
Date
Mon November 11th 2024, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location
Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA 94305
Levinthal Hall and Board Room

Centering Africa Annual Lecture, followed by the CAS Welcome Reception

November
11
Date
Mon November 11th 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location
Stanford ChEM-H Building
290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Rotunda, E241 (Second Floor, East wing)

Please join us for a special multimedia workshop featuring acclaimed Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, filmmaker, poet, and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga.

November
10
Date
Sun November 10th 2024, 7:00pm
Location
McMurtry Building
355 Roth Way, Stanford, CA 94305
115

This week, bodies move. A mid-ranking French army officer’s desire rots beneath the strobes of Djibouti nightclubs.

November
6
  • Africa Table
Date
Wed November 6th 2024, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location
Encina Commons
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 123

This lecture is based on my current book manuscript, Requiem for a West African Caliphate: A Social and Intellectual History of Islamicate Societies in Hausaland and Bornu, c.