Events

Slave Trading in the Spanish and British Atlantic Worlds

Event: June 2 - June 3 (2023) | This two-day conference brings together a diverse group of leading scholars of the slave trade in the British and Spanish Empires in an effort to provoke further conversation, collaboration, and innovation in the field. Participants include Kevin Dawson, Ana Lucia Araujo, Sharla Fett,

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The Black Geographic

A redefinition of the field, edited by Camilla Hawthorne and Jovan Scott Lewis. | From Duke University Press / "The contributors to The Black Geographic explore the theoretical innovations of Black Geographies scholarship and how it approaches Blackness as historically and spatially situated. In studies that span from Oakland to the

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Panama in Black

Professor Marcus Johnson considers Kaysha Corinealdi’s Panama in Black. | Via Black Perspectives: "Panama in Black differs from many of the monographs that precede it, because it makes a conscious attempt to elevate the voices and contributions of Afro-Caribbean women in the struggle to create a Black diasporic world

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #53

Anton and BC discuss Africa Day, the musical film adaption of The Color Purple, and the Elvis Mitchell documentary, Is That Black Enough for You? **Comments from Elvis Mitchell were produced by the American Film Institute(AFI). You can follow them on Twitter @AmericanFilm, and learn more at https://www.

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #52

BC and Anton discuss the AI-inspired movie, The Creator, Michelle Obama’s new beverage company, PLEZI, and the historic, visionary exhibition from architect Lesley Lokko. **Comments from Lesley Lokko were produced by ArchDaily. You can follow ArchDaily on Twitter @ArchDaily, and learn more at www.archdaily.com.

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The SKY IS BLACK Conversation Menu: Pan-African Storytelling

For people of African descent, our drive to artistically chronicle who we are, where we've been, and where we're going remains unquenchable and unceasing. The melange of works we offer here - which we'll update frequently - serves only to reveal, in part, the

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #51

In this episode, Anton and BC discuss Elon Musk’s “truth” GPT, Black-owned AI companies, and the African Union’s 40-year roadmap to a new African renaissance. *Remarks are from MarketForce CEO and co-founder, Tesh Mbaabu, in conversation with NALA founder, Benjamin Fernandes, and LELAPA co-founders, Jade Abbott and Pelonomi

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #50

In this portion of the conversation, BC and Anton discuss the future of public education, the new school they’re developing in Ethiopia, and a few financial tools designed by people of African descent…. In the second half of the discussion, Anton and BC grapple with DAIR’s response to

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The SKY IS BLACK Conversation Menu: Money Moves

Black folks, all around the world, need to secure the bag. Here are some of the resources we'll discuss as we look to make this happen. Let's do it. How to Set Financial Goals for Your FutureTo live comfortably now and in retirement, setting financial goals

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The SKY IS BLACK Conversation Menu: Agenda 2063.

In Season 2 of SKY IS BLACK, we fix our minds and hearts on the aspriations animating the African Union's Agenda 2063. All things considered, the Africa we want is the Africa we need. We've got this... |

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #48

Anton and BC discuss the Apple TV+ film, The Banker, the Black-owned company, ⁠Happy Hues⁠, and the possibility of a more promising AI-enabled future.

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #47

BC and Anton discuss Mutale Nkonde, the prophetic accuracy of Stochastic Parrots, and the evolving battle to address toxicity in artificial intelligence.

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #46

Anton and BC discuss their conversation with Timnit Gebru, the Black Pot Supper Club, and the presence and impact of pareidolia in AI.

Pan-African Food Festival

PAN-AFRICAN FOOD FEST #6

Christian Davis is the co-founder, with Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, of Flavors from Afar in Los Angeles. As a social enterprise extension of the Tiyya Foundation, Flavors from Afar works with refugees and asylum seekers to create an authentic, rotating menu featuring traditional dishes from around the world. The refugee chefs receive

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PAN-AFRICAN FOOD FEST #5

Martin Draluck is the founder of the Black Pot Supper Club, an interactive dining experience celebrating African American culinary heritage. It's the most memorable and meaningful meal ever...

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SKY IS BLACK - Episode #45

They're back! BC and Anton launch Season 2 by welcoming Timnit Gebru, founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute, for a discussion about chatGPT, her childhood in Addis Ababa, and a growing evil lurking within some corners of the A.I. ecosystem.

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Black Founders to Watch

The team at Pitchbook offers 82 men and women we should defintely keep our eyes on. | From Kelly Knickerbocker via Pitchbook / "For years, venture capitalists have faced mounting pressure to diversify their portfolio companies and investment teams with Black people, other people of color, and women. In 2020, the

Events

Souls on Fire

Event: February 21, 2023 |The International African American Museum hosts “Other” Spaces of Black Spirituality: African Americans and African Religions. From the International African American Museum / "In this first conversation in our newest quarterly activation, Funlayo E. Wood, PhD will present 'Other' Spaces of Black Spirituality: African

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Africa Accelerated

Event: March 24-25, 2023 |The Harvard Business School Africa Business Conference is the largest student-run African conference in the world today. Held annually over the past 24 years, the conference hosts leaders and experts on Africa to discuss the state of and opportunities across the continent. From Africa Accelerated / "

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Production is Critical

Former dean of the USC School of Architecture, Milton S.F. Curry, is launching Criticial Productive, a new journal focusing on the intersections of art, culture, and architecture. From Critical Productive / Issue #1: SOVEREIGNTY | POPULISM "Sovereignty and Populism are often in tension. How do these two domains of thought—

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Seed Sovereignty

Founded by Amirah Mitchell, Sistah Seeds takes us to the roots. | From Sistah Seeds / Sistah Seeds grows heirloom vegetable, herb and grain seeds from across the African Diaspora, with a focus on African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and West African cultural crops.

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The Real Purpose of African-American Studies

Northwestern professor, Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor, and UCLA professor, Robin D.G. Kelly, discuss the new Advanced Placement class in African American studies. Neither one made the cut. / From The New Yorker / On Wednesday, February 1st, the first day of Black History Month, the College Board released its long-awaited curriculum for a

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Real History Matters

In keeping with their responsibility as griots and culture keepers, a powerful cadre of academics, including Vincent Brown, Cornel West, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, and Mark Anthony Neal, stand up for the value of African-American studies. | From African American Studies Faculty via Medium / "We are over 200 African American Studies

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Space for All!

Event: February 10, 2023 | From The National Museum of African American History and Culture / "On Friday February 10, 2023, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and NASA invite middle and high school students to join us virtually for an educational experience where we examine and build

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Tasting Freedom

Event: February 9-10, 2023 | The Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University will host “A Taste of Black Freedom,” a symposium which will explore the history, politics, and knowledges of black foodways in Baltimore, with local chefs, activists, restauranteurs, and scholars. | LEARN MORE.