This talk will explore the production of ‘black intimacy’ in South Africa in the twentieth century.

This talk analyzes antiblackness grounded by the Marxist critique of the fetishistic forms of capitalist society.

In this "Fireside" chat, the audience will engage with Peter Storey on the ethical frameworks that challenge the legal normalization and the dominant social acceptability of racialized injustice. Under such adverse conditions, how do communities...

Join Editor Dr. Wamuwi Mbao and poet Mjele Msimang in conversation with Professor Tsitsi Jaji for a discussion and poetry reading.

Keep up throughout 2021 as we join in celebrating 75 years of the Fulbright Program’s impact, history and alumni.

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Join us for a raucous game night to kick off Duke's International Education Week. Trivia winners earn a custom piece of swag. This event is open to Duke students, staff, and faculty.

Frank Wilderson's insistence that there is an unresolvable antagonism between the world (as we know it) and blackness has generated important discussions within and outside of the academy. In this webinar, hosted by African and African American...

Es'kia Mphahlele, popularly known as 'Zeke', is one of the most important African intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century. As a South African exile during this period, he would make a critical contribution to the creation of modern African...

A conversation with Dikgang Moseneke, Deputy Chief Justice Emeritus and former Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand and Anne-Maria Makhulu, Associate Prof. of Cultural Anthropology and African & African American Studies, Duke...

Marissa Moorman's new book, Powerful Frequencies, is about radio and the state in Angola, 1931-2002. It is not about music. Yet these five pieces of music enliven the dense nexus of sentiment, technology, and power at stake in the history of...