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Podcasts from public lectures for those interested in learning about Africa, and its related fields of study.

Podcasts from the UCLA African Studies Center

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Natalia Molebatsi, South African Poet

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2016


Natalia Molebatsi is a Pan-Africanist cultural worker who has been responsible for introducing the work of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison to the post-apartheid generation in South Africa. She has published an award winning book, We Are…A Poetry Anthology,

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"History on Trial: Mau Mau and the High Court of Justice" Caroline Elkins

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2016


The UCLA African Studies Center's Coleman Memorial Lecture will feature Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies from Harvard University.

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“Kenyan Muslim Women Leadership in Education” Ousseina Alidou

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2015


This lecture is part of the Monday African Studies Center Seminar (MASCS) organized this fall by the graduate students in the Master’s program in African Studies (MAAS).

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“The Role Played by the 12 Disciples of Nelson Mandela in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle, 1960-1991”

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015 46:55


This lecture is part of the Monday African Studies Center Seminar (MASCS) organized this fall by the graduate students in the Master’s program in African Studies (MAAS).

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"Private Anti-Piracy Navies and Pirate Maritime Security"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2015 45:13


Author John-Clark Levin will discuss how the security situation off the Horn of Africa has affected the development of private warships and its role within the wider maritime security industry.

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"The Missing Middle: Global Development Policy Faces a World Full of Religion"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2014 38:00


The UCLA Center for the Study of Religion presents Stephen K. Commins, a lecturer in Urban Planning and the Associate Director of Global Public Affairs for the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA.

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"Exhibiting the Sacred: The Altar as Museum, the Museum as the Altar"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2014 75:52


Professors in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts will present an analysis of African and African diaspora art exhibitions and the transition from art in a religious setting to art in a mu

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"From Ruga-Ruga to Askari: Intersections between African History and Military History"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2014 50:11


Based on a revisionist approach to military history, Michelle Moyd uncovers the intentional lives of African colonial conscripts.

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Imagined Congos: Displays of Early Colonial Hegemony

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2014 76:00


A podcast of lecture given by Allen F. Roberts of UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/ Dance

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Margaret Bourke-White and Dawn of Apartheid Photo Exhibit

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2014 53:52


A podcast by Alex Lichtenstein, Associate Professor of history at Indiana University, Bloomington

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Africans in China: some key empirical, methodological and theoretical questions

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2014 52:44


Professor Adams Bodomo, University of Vienna, delivered the Coleman Memorial Lecture held annually in honor and memory of James S. Coleman, a pioneer in the field of African Studies and the founder of the African Studies Center.

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Choreographic performance and politics in 20th century Urban Senegal

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2014 52:10


A podcast of a lecture by visiting anthropology professor Hélène Neveu Kringelbach from Oxford University.

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Hermeneutics and African Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2014 47:15


A podcast of Professor Bekele Gutema, Fulbright Fellow, Howard University and Associate Professor, Addis Ababa University presenting the opening lecture of the Winter 2014 speaker series.

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Do Catholics See Things Differently? On Photographs and Museum Objects in Missionary Representations of Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2012 58:00


A podcast of a public lecture by Professor Peter Pels, Leiden University

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Media Hope and African Capacity

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2012 71:14


A lecture by Farah Chaudhry and Chip Duncan

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Mamadou Diouf delivers the James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: Islam and the Making of the Public Space

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2012 72:08


Mamadou Diouf is Leitner Family Professor of African Studies. He leads Columbia University’s Institute of African Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs.

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Manthia Diawara will provide an analysis of the films of Abderrhamane Sissako and Haroun Mahat Saleh

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2012 84:00


Manthia Diawara, NYU.

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Expanding Horizons: Pumzi, Science Fiction and African Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2012 74:31


A Podcast by Jude G. Akudinobi, UC Santa Barbara.

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African Women in War Zones: A Feminist Perspective

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2012 47:31


Dr. Amina Mama, University of California, Davis

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Azmari in Hollywood

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2012 46:27


A lecture by filmmaker Leelai Demoz

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Framing Biopolitics: Jo Ramaka's Cinema of Power

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2012 62:56


Dr. Akinwumi Adesokan, Indiana University

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Locking Hoes and Horns: Ethnic Contestation in Ankole

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2012 45:31


A podcast by Christopher Muhoozi African Presidential Scholar, University of Michigan Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda from his public talk.

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James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: Oral Tradition, Religious Syncretism and Politics: The Example of Cote d'Ivoire

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2011 71:42


A discussion with writer, academic, artist and author of books for young people, Véronique Tadjo.

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African Conflict and the Paradox of Change (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2010 18:36


Myralyn O. A. Nartey, Doctoral Student, UCLA School of Public Health

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Concept Analysis: Exploring Health Consideration for Aging Nigerian Immigrants in the United States (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 10:21


Ann Anaebere, UCLA School of Nursing

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Interrogating the Interstices of Race, Religion and Health in a Transnational Context (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 14:41


Diana Burnett, Yale Divinity School

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The New Progress Philosophy: Addressing Development and Psychology from the Traditional Perspective (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 12:30


Marvin Boateng, California Lutheran University, Department of Public Policy

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A Myth of Benign Humanitarianism, Militarism and Womens Rights: A Case Study of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 17:12


Amber Murrey-Ndewa, Syracuse University, Pan-African Studies

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Relating Modernity, Conflict and Sexual Violence: Discourses of Violence against Women in Post-war Sierra Leone (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 14:14


Dayo Spencer, UCLA School of Public Health

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North African Women in Madrid: Intersections of Race, Religion and Gender and the 2004 Law Against Gender Violence (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 14:47


Kristina Benson, UCLA Islamic Studies

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The Colonial Hauntings of Contemporary Gender- based Violence in Conflict Zones (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 18:10


Tina Beyene, UCLA Department of Women's Studies

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Tracing the Development of the Code of Personal Status: The Tunisian Case (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 17:47


Rayed Khedher, UCLA Department of Anthropology

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The State and the Performing Arts in Zimbabwe: Friends or Foe? (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 16:29


Christopher Mlalazi, Villa Aurora Writer in Exile Feuchtwanger Fellow

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Creating New Leaders: Youth Involvement in Community Activism in South Africa (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 14:47


Amber Reed, UCLA Department of Anthropology

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Hating the Postcolony Properly: Hip Hop Aesthetics in Kenya (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 15:32


Natasha Himmelman, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town

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Space and Time in Socialist Tanzania: The Dodoma Capital Project (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 12:36


Duncan Yoon, UCLA Department of Comparative Literature

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A Conflicted Curriculum: Student Perceptions of Gender in Kenyan Social Studies Textbooks (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 14:32


Kim Foulds, UCLA Department of Education

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Chinese Presence in Africa: Trade, Investment, Diplomatic and Cultural Ties (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 14:42


Tiffany Man, UCLA International Development Studies

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Human-Wildlife Conflicts and Maasai Group Ranches in Kenya (5th Annual AAA Conference)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2010 15:00


Willis Oyugi, UCLA Department of History

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James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: The Development and Democratic Challenges of Postcolonial Kenya

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2010 83:17


Dr. Paul Zeleza examines the forces and factors that led to the 2007 election violence in Kenya.

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The Arts of "Making Do": The Artists of the Grand Rue

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2009 19:44


Katherine Smith

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Narratives of Now: Opening and Keynote

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2009 85:15


African Activist Association's Fourth Annual Conference.

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Aya de Yopougon: A More Palatable Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2009 16:46


Michelle Bumatay

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Learning to Pray: Images of Violence Against Women in the Novels of Amma Darko

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2009 15:17


Shanique Streete

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The Development of Tunisian Theatrical Experience: A Review of Its History from the Colonial Era to the Present

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2009 22:07


Rayed Khedher

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From Kuxa Kanema to Dockanema: The Re-emergence of Mozambican Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2009 19:33


Cassandra Tesch

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Artists of the Green Sahara: Using Rock Art to Contextualize the Archaeology and History of the Sahara

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2009 18:35


E. Bryan Cooper Owens

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Adinkra as Metaphor: Visual Representation of Akan Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2009 17:37


Glenda Adjei

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Inscribing the Sacred: African Traditions of Arabic Calligraphy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2009 20:30


Hassan Hussein

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From the Battle of Algiers to the Lyrical Battle for Ears: A Brief Introduction to Algerian Hip Hop

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2009 24:22


Mouna Mana

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Cigars, Champagne, and Convertibles: Coup-decale Music and the Performance of an African Identity

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2009 17:04


Katelyn Knox

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