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"The International Politics of the Portugese Language in Sub-Saharan Africa" by Abel Djassi Amado Abel Djassi’s main area of expertise and research is the African countries with Portuguese as an official language (known by the Portuguese acronym, PALOP)...

Food-Energy-Water Security, Biodiversity, and Climate Change in the Nilotic Great Lakes of Africa by Les Kaufman of the Department of Biology at Boston University. Over the past 35 years, the Walter Rodney Seminar has brought more than 500 guest speakers...

Religions and the Practice of Peace Colloquium Dinner Series Space is limited. RSVP is required. The Islamic tradition and Muslim communities have rich and long legacies of teachings, practices, and precedents for prioritizing nonviolent approaches to...

Gana Ndiaye (Boston University) will present: “Contested Meanings of Africanness: African Muslim Migrants, Affirmative Action Policies, and Brazil’s ‘New Racial Politics’” All events will be accessible via Zoom using this registration link. Several events...

West Africa and the Maghreb Reassessing Intellectual Connections in the 21st century An International Conference to be held at Harvard Divinity School. 13-15 September 2018 | Sperry Room Convener: Ousmane Kane As part of the efforts to promote the study...

Professor Lidwien Kapteijns (Wellesley College) will lead a discussion about methodology and primary sources for students of Islamic Africa. Participants are invited to read and comment on Kapteijns and Vianello’s ongoing research about a particular genre...

Harvard's Islamic Africa Seminar (IAS) is excited to host Jeremy Dell of the University of Pennsylvania. Dell will discuss his ongoing research on Islamic manuscript cultures in West Africa. His talk will explore the complicated relationship between...