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Silsila: “AFRICAN MUSLIMS IN BRAZIL AND LATIN AMERICA: AN ANTERIOR HISTORY”

"AFRICAN MUSLIMS IN BRAZIL AND LATIN AMERICA: AN ANTERIOR HISTORY" Wednesday, February 3rd 12:30pm-2:30pm Part of the Silsila Spring 2021 Lecture Series, Translations Link to Register here. 12.30-12.45 Introduction, Finbarr Barry Flood, Silsila/NYU 12.45-1.15 Michael Gomez, NYU, "African Muslims in the New World: A Context" 1.15-1.45 Margarita Rosa, Princeton University, "African Muslims and the Du’as of the 1835 Slave Revolt" 1.45-2.30 Questions and Discussion   Michael Gomez Title: African…

C& Projects X Ragga NYC: Planetary Connections

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City

Contemporary And (C&) is an art magazine and a dynamic space for issues and information on contemporary art from Africa and its global diaspora. Co-founded in 2013 by Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba and co-published by ifa, C& has gained a worldwide reach. In addition to the editorial content published online and in print, C& also runs multiple offline projects…

African Catholic: Decolonization and the Transformation of the Church – Elizabeth A. Foster

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City

African Catholic (Harvard University Press, 2019) by Elizabeth A. Foster examines how French imperialists and the Africans they ruled imagined the religious future of French sub-Saharan Africa in the years just before and after decolonization. The story encompasses the political transition to independence, Catholic contributions to black intellectual currents, and efforts to alter the church hierarchy to create an authentically “African” church. Elizabeth…