African food to be served in Rand and Commons Dining Halls all week!

Tuesday (3/13)

• ILens movie “Under African Skies”  (7:30 in Sarratt Cinema in Wright Student Union)

Wednesday (3/14)

• 3:10-5pm, BCC Auditorium: Rachel Robinson of American University, “Intimate Interventions in Global Health: Family Planning and HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa”

Thursday (3/15)

• 9:35 – 10:50, Alumni 201: Guest Lecture by Sam’s K Le Jah, reggae musician and political activist from Burkina Faso
• 5:00 PM, Buttrick 102: Screening of the film Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The River Between African and European Languages, followed by a roundtable discussion with filmmaker and friend of Thiong’o 

Friday (3/16) Events on Commons Lawn

• African Bazaar (time TBA)
• Program Friday Afternoon:
• 12:00-1:00 PM Dance Performance by Nilaja Amari Dance Group
  • 1:00-1:30, 1:30-2:00 Dance class (Windship)  
  • 2:00-2:30 Sankofa African Drum and Dance, a Nashville-based drum and dance company whose mission is to educate, inspire, and promote an appreciation for African culture through energetic and interactive performances
  • 2:30 – 3:00 Spoken Word, Professor José Cossa: uBuntu: Minha Essência… My Philosophy… of Education! & Perceptual Walls
  • 3:00-3:30, 3:30-4:00 Afrobeat band 
  • 5:30 Sam’s K le Jah Concert