The Princeton African Humanities Colloquium (PAHC) is hosting a two-day colloquium from November 16-17 on Africa & Digital Humanities. The event will take place in the form of a webinar featuring keynote addresses and three panel discussions.

The PAHC was founded in 2013 by Professor Simon Gikandi, the Chair of English at Princeton University, and it aims to promote research in African studies by providing an annual platform and funding for scholars to engage in projects focused in African humanities. This year’s colloquium “looks at the new and innovative ways of researching, documenting, historizing, writing, and theorizing about the African continent and its people that stem out of the digital turn.”

Confirmed speakers include Brittle Paper’s very own Dr. Ainehi Edoro, Sean Jacobs of Africa is a Country, Bhakti Shringarpure of Warscapes, Mark Anthony Neal of Left of Black, and many more digital archivists of African cultural production.

Registration is free and accessible to guests with Zoom accounts.

Click here to register!

See the full program below:

DAY ONE

KEYNOTE: Address and Responses (November 16, 10am-12pm ET)

Speaker:

Evelyn Fogwe Chibaka – University of Buea/CaPROWN(link is external) –efogwe@yahoo.com

Respondents:

Angel David Nieves – Northeastern University/Apartheid Heritages(link is external) – a.nieves@northeastern.edu

Bhakti Shringarpure – University of Connecticut/Warscapes(link is external) – bhakti.shringarpure@uconn.edu

Mark Anthony Neal – Duke University/Left of Black(link is external) – man9@duke.edu

Wendy Laura Belcher – Princeton University/PEMM(link is external) – wbelcher@princeton.edu

Chair: Simon Gikandi – Princeton University/PAHC – sgikandi@princeton.edu

 

Lunch Break Recorded Digital Initiative Showcase (November 16, 12:45pm-12:55pm)

Majimaji War Heritage(link is external): Nancy Rushohora – Stellenbosch University – nancy@sun.ac.za

 

PANEL 1: Theorizing and Teaching of African Digital Humanities (November 16, 1pm-3pm)

James Yeku – The University of Kansas/Digital Nollywood(link is external) – jyeku@ku.edu

Hlonipha Mokoena – University of the Witwatersrand/WISER(link is external) – Hlonipha.Mokoena@wits.ac.za

Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang – University of Ghana/SIT(link is external) – kwabena.oa@gmail.com

Ainehi Edoro-Glines – University of Wisconsin-Madison/Brittle Paper(link is external) – aedoro@wisc.edu

Discussant: Laila Hussein Moustafa – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/CGS(link is external) – lhoussei@illinois.edu

 

DAY TWO

PANEL 2: Methods and Sources for African Digital Humanities (November 17, 10am-12pm)

Chao Tayiana – African Digital Heritage(link is external) – chao@africandigitalheritage.com

Eleni Castro – Boston University/Ajami Project (link is external)– elenic@bu.edu

Tunde Ope-Davies (Opeibi) – University of Lagos/CEDHUL(link is external) – bopeibi@unilag.edu.ng

Nontsikelelo Mutiti – Virginia Commonwealth University/Black Chalk & Co.(link is external) – nkmutiti@vcu.edu

Discussant: Peter Alegi – Michigan State University/Africa Past & Present(link is external) – alegi@msu.edu

 

Lunch Break Recorded Digital Initiative Showcase (November 17, 12:45pm-12:55pm)

The Africa I Know (TAIK(link is external)): Adji Bousso Dieng – Princeton University – adji@google.com

 

PANEL 3: Writing and Publishing in African Digital Humanities (November 17, 1pm-3pm)

Ng’ang’a Wahu-Mũchiri – University of Nebraska-Lincoln – muchiri@unl.edu

Kim Gallon – Purdue University/Black Press Research Collective(BPRC)(link is external) – kgallon@purdue.edu

Msia Kibona Clark – Howard University/Hip Hop in Africa Blog & Podcast(link is external) – msia.clark@howard.edu

Sean Jacobs – The New School/Africa is a Country(link is external) – jacobss@newschool.edu

Discussant:  Lorelle D. Semley – College of the Holy Cross – lsemley@holycross.edu

 

*Organizer: Chambi Chachage – Princeton University – chachage@princeton.edu

Registration: https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g_LOQ78_QcCiRASkWNgvdg