Africa Initiative
SPRING 2026 PAST EVENTS
TRIBUTE TO VALENTINE MUDIMBE: UNMAKING THE ARCHIVE
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Time: 11:00 am -5:00 pm
Location: Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, Ahmadieh Lecture Hall
RSVP for in-person event: https://duke.is/mudimbe
Or register for Zoom option: https://duke.is/mudimbe-zoom
DUKE AFRICA CONFERENCE 2026
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026
Time: 09:00 am -4:30 pm
Location: Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Please check the link below to the conference speakers
INFORMAL ECONOMY WORKSHOP
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm -5:00 pm
Location: Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, Ahmadieh Lecture Hall
Documentary Film Screening: A Road Out
Free and open to the public with Reception and Q&A
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Nasher Museum of Art
Mapping Malcolm: The Legacy of Malcolm X – with Najha Zigbi-Johnson
Mon., Feb. 23, 12pm-2pm EST
Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C105, Ahmadieh Lecture Hall
Free lunch for participants, starting at 11:30am
Zoom option – register at: duke.is/mappingmalcolm
Africa and the New World Order
Date: Friday, January 30th, 2026
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location: Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Rhodes Conference Room, 2nd Floor
Revisiting Garveyism: A Symposium
Date: Mon, Feb 2, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm-4:45 pm EST
Location: Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C105, Ahmadieh Lecture Hall
Free lunch for participants (served from 11:00 am-12:00 pm)
RSVP for in-person event: duke.is/garveyism
Register for Zoom option: duke.is/garveyism-zoom
FALL 2025 SEMESTER EVENTS
Atlantic Worlds Workshop
Monday, November 17 | 11: 45 am
Classroom Building 229 (https://maps.duke.edu/?focus=160)
Speaker: Dr Adom Getachew, University of Chicago
Translating Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Legacy Into The Future
Monday, November 17 | 3:00 pm -4:30 pm
Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, Ahmadieh Lecture Hall ( https://maps.duke.edu/?focus=1874)
Speakers: Professor James Ogude and Professor Wangui Wa Goro
African Literature Colloquium
Date: Friday, November 14.
Time: 9:00 am – 3:15 pm
Location : 314 Allen Building
The Atlantic Worlds Workshop
Past Africa Initiative Events
Follow this link to see the past african Initiative Events.