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What is Africana Studies?

The primary mission of the Africana Studies Institute (formerly the Institute for African American Studies) is to enlighten and inform the University of Connecticut community and the people of the State of Connecticut, nation and the world about the history, culture, contributions and experiences of people of African descent in the United States and abroad. To achieve this goal, the ASI promotes high quality research, scholarship and teaching of the African American experience and sponsors a wide variety of programs on topics and issues that are critical to Black America and pertinent to a better understanding of the Black World.

Mar 15 Antiphonal Life: The Returns Of Paul Robeson 4:00pm

Antiphonal Life: The Returns Of Paul Robeson

Monday, March 15th, 2021

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom

Shana L. Redmond (she/her) is a public-facing scholar and the author of Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora (NYU Press, 2014) and Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson (Duke UP, 2020) which was named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020 and a finalist for the inaugural book prize from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. In 2019 she contributed the critical liner essay for the vinyl soundtrack release to Jordan Peele’s film Us (Waxwork Records). She is a professor of Musicology and African American Studies at UCLA.

Professor Redmond's talk will be Monday, March 15th, starting at 4 PM EST. To attend the talk, follow the link below.

https://tinyurl.com/shanaredmond

Contact Information: Jeffrey Ogbar (jeffrey.ogbar@uconn.edu)
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