Join us for any or all of the events below as the College of Humanities and the Africana Studies Program celebrate Black History Month! For more information about events happening throughout campus, click here to read more.
Africana Studies Program Meet and Greet
When: February 8th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Where: Student Union South Ballroom
Want to know more about the Africana Studies Program? Want to meet the professors who teach African American, diaspora and African related courses? Join us for refreshments and a program during our meet and greet event.
Bars4Justice Film Screening
When: February 15th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Where: Student Union Kiva Room
Bars4Justice is a documentary short film shot on location in Ferguson which addresses Hip-Hop's role in the movement for social justice and racial injustices. The film follows Emcee/Activist Jasiri X who was invited to perform at Mike Brown's benefit concert on August 9, 2015 along with Common, Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Cornell West, and Bree Newsome.
Hip hop is the main influencer of youth in America and all over the world. Through dialogue and education eventually we will be able to reduce the demand for negative music by increasing the public’s access to inspiring cultural narratives. Please join us for a Q&A Student interaction session with award winning international filmmakers Queen Muhammad Ali (Director, Producer), and Hakeem Khaaliq (Director, Producer).
Queen Muhammad Ali: Director, Editor, Producer
Before she began directing films, Queen worked as an elementary grade teacher for a private school in Southern California. Her interest in education led her to filmmaking. She has produced for Univision Television Network, MTV, and VH1. Her work has also been featured in Ebony Magazine, Huffington Post, Washington Post, NY Times, Arizona Informant and Yahoo! News. A founding member of the nationally distributed magazine, Nation19, Queen published the magazine to educate youth on indigenous empowerment, archeological research, and social change. Queen's name is not by accident. Her Great Grandfather is Paramount Chief (King) Tuli Le'iato of American Samoa who's letters to President Kennedy are on display at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Hakeem Khaaliq: Director, Editor, Producer
Hakeeem is a filmmaker, producer, cinematographer, writer and award winning graphic design artist. Hakeem has written, directed, designed, and produced for Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Sean “Puffy” Combs, David Banner, Russell Simmons, Kobe Bryant, MGM, Derrick Rose, Aloe Blacc, NBC, WBLS (New York), and KIISfm (Burbank). Also a founding member of Nation19 Magazine, Hakeem serves as the magazine’s creative director.
Human Rights, Borders and Barriers Symposium
When: February 22-24, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Where: Rubel Room, UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen Street
This free symposium will feature speakers talking about such topics as human rights, migration flows in the US, Europe, and Africa, terrorism, war conflicts, and freedom of expression. Lectures and discussions will focus on contemporary national and transnational issues such as Ferguson, Charleston, Baltimore, Charlie Hebdo, Paris attacks, and the global refugee crisis.
Sponsors: Africana Studies Program, Department of French and Italian, College of Humanities. This symposium is free and open to the public.
All events are sponsored by the College of Humanities’ Africana Studies Program.