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"Congo Stories": A Conversation with John Prendergast and Samantha Power

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Join human rights and anti-corruption activist John Prendergast and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power for a conversation about human rights in Congo and John’s new book, Congo Stories: Battling Five Centuries of...

New Generation Queens Film Screening and Discussion

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The Soccer as a Global Phenomenon conference at Harvard University presents a film screening, free and open to the public. No registration required.Screening: "New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story" by Megan Schutzer This documentary is the story...

New & Old in Shona Religion

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Dr. Inus Daneel was a pioneer in working with African Initiated Churches. His extensive photographs and slides have now been digitized and integrated into a multi-media website that begins to tell the story of the changing religious realities in Zimbabwe...

A Conversation About Who is Telling the African story?

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According to new research, one third of the stories we read in African outlets about other African countries are written by western news sources. Hear from journalists, advertisers and funders as they unpack some of the alarming findings from the How...

The African Story at a Time of Global Crisis | Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN

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The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, in partnership with the HKS Africa Caucus, is pleased to host His Excellency Dr. Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to share his perspective on current global...

Cultural Authenticity: The Hows and Whys around the Types of Black Stories that are Made in Contemporary Cinema

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The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Canada Program Seminars presents "Cultural Authenticity: The Hows and Whys around the Types of Black Stories that are Made in Contemporary Cinema," featuring Jennifer Holness and Sudz Sutherland. Jennifer...

Colloquium with Rumbi Katedza: 'The Rise and Representation of Independent Female Voices in Zimbabwean Politics, a Documentary Project'

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Rumbi Katedza is a filmmaker and writer, who has lived in the USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, the UK and Zimbabwe. She produces corporate and independent narrative and documentary content through her production company, Mai Jai Films, a company focused on...

The Story of Swahili Panel Discussion

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The Department of African and African American Studies, the Center for African Studies, and the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research will host a panel discussion on The Story of Swahili. The Story of Swahili, written by Harvard...

Spring Colloquium with Zelalem Kibret Beza

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‘Liberation Technology’, New Social Movements (NSMs), and Change: A Story from Sub-Saharan Africa Free and open to the public. A Q+A session will follow each talk. Please feel free to bring a lunch. ORGANIZER: Hutchins Center WEBSITE: http:/...

SEMBENE! Film Screening and Discussion

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Harvard Film Archives will show: SEMBENE! by Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion with Director Jason Silverman, Visiting Harvard VES Professor and emeritus Director of the New York Film Festival...

Reckoning with Echoes of the Past: A South African Story

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The repercussions of violent histories extend far beyond these events to engender repetitions that echo for generations. In this lecture, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela will reflect on this problem and consider alternative ways of theorizing and making sense of...

'Born in Blackness': A book talk with author Howard French

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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War About the book: Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our...