Pluralizing and Deconstructing “Africa”

Inaugural Public Symposium: Rethinking African Studies

April 7–8, 2016

• Program (with speaker abstracts + bios)

Campus Conversation: What Was “Africa” Then, What Is “Africa” Now?

February 20, 2015 | 2:00–4:00 p.m. • 120 Andersen Library

• Shaden M. Tageldin, Associate Professor, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature; Director, African Studies Initiative, University of Minnesota
• Njeri Githire, Associate Professor, Department of African American and African Studies, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
• Tade Okediji, Associate Professor, Department of African American and African Studies, College of Liberal Arts;and Department of Applied Economics, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota
• Helena Pohlandt-McCormick, Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota