Africa in the World: Past, Present, and Future
The panel will discuss the future of Africa, Africans, and African diaspora studies within the prism of Pan-Africanism: past, present, and future. Encouraging the participation of faculty and students alike, panelists will discuss the ways in which the study of the continent fits in this Pan-Africanist enterprise from the perspective of their respective fields and explore how the field may be meaningfully integrated as part of global efforts at decolonizing the academy within the context of rapidly ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ intellectual, political, and social dynamics impacting Africans and Afro-descendant communities representing, Africa in the World.
Panelists
Professor , Associate Professor of Africana Studies; Chair of Africana Studies, Oberlin College
Professor , Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies; President, Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars, Oberlin College
, francophone Pan Africanist Historian and Writer
Moderators
Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani, Associate Professor, Institute of Islamic Studies, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University; Director, joint appointment Political Science and Islamic Studies, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
Professor Associate Dean for Equity, Faculty of Arts, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
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