Howard at ASA 2021

November 13, 2021

What sessions are Howard faculty and alumni presenting in at the 64th African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting? Here is the list!

The ASA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of Africanist scholars in the world and is the flagship event of the association.

To learn more about the meeting and to register go to: africanstudies.org/annual-meetings

ASA Teachers' Workshop (Nov. 13, 2021)

Saturday, November 13, 1:30 - 2:50 Eastern

ASA Teachers' Workshop
Session 1: De/signing the Future: African-Futurist Visions for a Just World

Presenter: Unifier Dyer, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Moderated by Brenda Randolph, Howard University and Vanessa Oyugi, Howard University

Saturday, November 13, 1:30 - 2:50 Eastern

ASA Teachers' Workshop
Session 2: African Architecture: Building the Future

Presenters: Longman Arja, Kabage Karanja, Stella Mutegi
Moderated by Vanessa Oyugi, Howard University

ASA Annual Meeting (Nov. 16 - 20, 2021)
Wednesday, November 17, 12:00-1:45pm Eastern	V-AN-7 AfricaNow!: Examining Ethiopia’s Dynamics The dynamics of state–business relations between the Ethiopian state and Chinese private firms: A case study of the Eastern Industrial Park Weiwei Chen, SOAS, University of London The Ethiopian and Tigray Conflict as a Metaphor for the Limitations and Perils of Self Determination in Africa Florence Didigu, Washington Adventist University; Howard University Digital diasporas and Ethiopian politics during crisis Azeb Madebo, University of Southern California
Wednesday, November 17, 2:00-3:45pm Eastern	VI-T-5 Roundtable: Where Does African Studies Belong? Institutional Experiences of African Studies and African-American Studies Chairs: Emily Riley, El Colegio de México and Cherif Correa, Madison College Sponsored by: Association for African Studies Programs Wheeler Winstead, Howard University Isaac Kalumbu, Michigan State University Louis Chude-Sokei, Boston University
Thursday, November 18, 6:00-7:45pm Eastern	XII-K-16 Senegambia as an Idea and as a Model in Politics, Law, and Development Chair: Babacar Mbaye, Kent State University Sponsored by: Senegambian Studies Group Ideologies of Development in Post-Colonial Senegal and Post-Apartheid South Africa Gamby Diagne Camara, Howard University Allochthony and Contested Connection in Senegambia’s Eastern Hinterlands: Saint-Louisians, Sereers, and Sahelians, 1940s-1980s Brandon County, Oberlin College Senegal, The Gambia, and the African Human Rights System: Evaluating liberalism as a post-colonial identity and the realpolitik of human rights claims Niklas Hultin, George Mason University The Political Economy of Teraanga: Women, Authority, and Politics in Senegal Emily Riley, El Colegio de México Discussant: Jason Buchea, Ohio State University
Friday, November 19, 10:00-11:45am Eastern	XIV-O-7 Roundtable: Reimagining Religion and Conflict in Nigeria Beyond the Uncritical Ideal Chairs: Wheeler Winstead, Howard University and Canice Enyiaka, Howard University Mohamed Camara, Howard University Barthelemy Bazemo, Howard University Joesph Hayab, Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria
Saturday, November 20, 10:00-11:45am Eastern	XIX-P-6 Roundtable: African Podcasters: Stories of the Past and Visions for the Future Chair: Matthew Swagler, Williams College Rachel Wamoto, AfroQueer podcast Msia Kibona Clark, Howard University & The Hip Hop African podcast Yasmin Hassan, Hadithi/Hadithi podcast April Zhu, Until Everyone is Free podcast Matthew Swagler, Williams College
Saturday, November 20, 2:00-3:45pm Eastern	XXI-P-10 Roundtable: Podcasting Africa: Pedagogy, Research and Praxis Chair: Reginold Royston, University of Wisconsin, Madison Peter Alegi, Michigan State University Msia Kibona Clark, Howard University Kim Yi Dionne, University of California, Riverside Reginold Royston, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Saturday, November 20, 4:00-5:45pm Eastern	XXII-G-15 Roundtable: Is Democratic Progress BeingMade in Central African Countries? Chair: Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, University of Nevada,Reno Sponsored by: Central African Studies Association Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, University of Nevada, Reno Claudia Gastrow, University of Johannesburg (South Africa) Roger Alfani, Seton Hall University Jean-Michel Mabeko-Tali, Howard University

Center for African Studies

Howard at ASA 2021

ASA Teachers' Workshop (Nov. 13, 2021)

ASA Teachers' Workshop
Session 1: De/signing the Future: African-Futurist Visions for a Just World

ASA Teachers' Workshop
Session 2: African Architecture: Building the Future

ASA Annual Meeting (Nov. 16 - 20, 2021)

V-AN-7 AfricaNow!: Examining Ethiopia’s Dynamics

VI-T-5 Roundtable: Where Does African Studies Belong? Institutional Experiences of African Studies and African-American Studies

XII-K-16 Senegambia as an Idea and as a Model in Politics, Law, and Development

XIV-O-7 Roundtable: Reimagining Religion and Conflict in Nigeria Beyond the Uncritical Ideal

XIX-P-6 Roundtable: African Podcasters: Stories of the Past and Visions for the Future

XXI-P-10 Roundtable: Podcasting Africa: Pedagogy, Research and Praxis

XXII-G-15 Roundtable: Is Democratic Progress BeingMade in Central African Countries?

Categories

ASA Teachers' Workshop (Nov. 13, 2021)

ASA Teachers' Workshop Session 1: De/signing the Future: African-Futurist Visions for a Just World

ASA Teachers' Workshop Session 2: African Architecture: Building the Future

ASA Annual Meeting (Nov. 16 - 20, 2021)

V-AN-7 AfricaNow!: Examining Ethiopia’s Dynamics

VI-T-5 Roundtable: Where Does African Studies Belong? Institutional Experiences of African Studies and African-American Studies

XII-K-16 Senegambia as an Idea and as a Model in Politics, Law, and Development

XIV-O-7 Roundtable: Reimagining Religion and Conflict in Nigeria Beyond the Uncritical Ideal

XIX-P-6 Roundtable: African Podcasters: Stories of the Past and Visions for the Future

XXI-P-10 Roundtable: Podcasting Africa: Pedagogy, Research and Praxis

XXII-G-15 Roundtable: Is Democratic Progress BeingMade in Central African Countries?

Categories

ASA Teachers' Workshop
Session 1: De/signing the Future: African-Futurist Visions for a Just World

ASA Teachers' Workshop
Session 2: African Architecture: Building the Future