Events

Join the AfroDiaspora Colloquium in collaboration with Columbia Africa House at the Institute of African Studies, for a screening of NDJIMU: Deep Cobalt, followed by a conversation and Q&A with Maurice Carney, co-founder of Friends of the Congo. Directed by…

Author Chude Jideonwo joined the AfroDiaspora Colloquium for a conversation drawn from his memoir, How Depression Saved My Life. The discussion covered depression, shame, masculinity, faith and the practice of joy in African and diasporic communities, and how meaning can…

An in-depth conversation on how Five Percenter philosophy and its idea of “Knowledge of Self” shaped 1990s hip-hop, from the culture’s language to its worldview and political consciousness. Speakers: General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun, Brooklyn hip-hop duo Saladin Allah, representative of…

The AfroDiaspora Colloquium launched with a conversation on Asake, the Nigerian artist whose music draws on Yoruba heritage, Lagos street culture and global Afrobeats. The discussion examined how his work connects tradition, urban identity and Black artistic expression across the…