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Stuart Tyson Smith, “Black Pharaohs? Egyptological Bias, Racism, and Egypt and Nubia as African Civilizations”

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Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African & African American Research welcomes UCSB Professor of Anthropology (and History Department affiliate faculty member) Stuart Tyson Smith to the W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual Lecture Series. On Tuesday, September 22 Professor Smith will present his Zoom lecture "Black Pharaohs? Egyptological Bias, Racism, and Egypt and Nubia as African Civilizations." Register […]

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Azaria Mbughuni, “Tanzania and the Liberation Struggles in Southern Africa”

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All are cordially invited to a special guest lecture by Dr. Azaria Mbughuni on the role of Tanzania in Southern Africa's liberation struggles. Dr. Mbughuni's guest lecture will build onto Professor Mhoze Chikowero's ongoing graduate seminar on African Self-Liberation. Dr. Mbughuni is Assistant Professor of History at Lane College, where he is also the Chair […]

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Nyasha Mboti, “Closing the Loophole: Apartheid Studies”

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Professor Mhoze Chikowero invites all to attend a special guest lecture by Dr. Nyashi Mboti as part of UCSB's African Studies Series. Dr. Mboti will discuss the new field he founded: Apartheid Studies. He will introduce his forthcoming 4-volume treatise on the subject, Apartheid Studies: A Manifesto, which will change how we think about enslavement, colonialism, neocolonialism, […]

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