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Lynn Thomas (African Studies)

Stephanie Camp (History)

Laura Chrisman (English)

Danny Hoffman (Anthropology)

Ron Krabill (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell)

Georgia Roberts (English)

Philip Schuyler (Music)

Project Overview

This speaker, workshop, and film series will build on the research and teaching interests of a number of Africanist faculty and graduate students at the University of Washington, and will introduce African material and perspectives into campus and community conversation on contemporary music, visual media, and graphic arts.  It will include five events: a panel discussion a lecture by the Nigerian painter Obiora Udechukwu; a library exhibit and workshop on African comics and graphic novels with Okwui Enzewor; a workshop on popular culture in Africa with Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbemb; and a year-long film series.

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Painting by Yadesa Bojia
Artwork by Yadesa Bojia
Events

Popular Culture Workshop
Featuring Sarah Nuttall as keynote. Linked to Achille Mbembe's Danz lecture.
November 21st, 2008
Time & location TBA

Obiora Udechukwu (Fine Arts, St. Lawrence University), "If You Call Your Plate a Potsherd...' The Postcolonial Artist and Tradition"
Thursday, May 22, 2008, 3:30 pm
Communications 202

"Highly Opinionated Hot Picks in Contemporary African Art" Forum

Join Isolde Brielmaier and Trevor Schoonmaker, two compelling thinkers, who actively contribute to new definitions of African visual expression, as they take the temperature of contemporary African art. 

Isolde Brielmaier, New York-based curator and critic/visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Vassar College and Trevor Schoonmaker, curator of contemporary art at Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University will discuss the current landscape of African art.

This program is co-presented by the African Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington together with the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Public Programs Department and the SAM African Arts Council.

Featuring Isolde Brielmaier and Trevor Schoonmaker at Seattle Art Museum.
Friday, May 2, 2008, 7:00 pm
Seattle Art Museum - Plestcheeff Auditorium

Shaheen Ariefdien, "Cape Flats Up-Rocking: On Race, Resistance and Rap in South Africa."
Thursday April 10, 2008
3:30 pm
Communications 226

African Comics Workshop
Saturday, February 23, 2008
10 am - 4 pm
Communications 202
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