Africa Table
About
The Center for African Studies hosts its weekly lecture series Africa Table every Wednesday (with occasional flexibility for other days) from 12:00-1:00 pm in 123 Encina Hall, 615 Crothers Way on Stanford's Campus.
Africa Table has been held on the same day, at the same time for over 30 years, hosting speakers from around the world on topics ranging from hip-hop to public health, generating lively discussions. Over the years CAS's growing number of students, faculty, staff, and community members has flourished. We look forward to welcoming you to learn with us at one of Stanford's most successful and attended lecture series.
Student Reflection
"My favorite event hosted by CAS is the weekly Africa Table. I have learnt a lot from speakers on many different topics about and related to various countries and communities within Africa. Africa Table has been a great opportunity to learn outside of class. I like that I can get up to date on academic, social, and political developments on the continent and simultaneously have a midweek check in with my favorite people on campus. One of my favorite Africa Table talks was about the colonial era looting of art from the Senufo region in West Africa to Europe. There is so much about Africa that I have learnt at Africa Table that I would never have the opportunity to learn elsewhere. The food is always fantastic as well."
-CHARLES MULEMI, B.S. COMPUTER SCIENCE ‘17
Upcoming Events
Book Launch of "Death, Diversion, and Departure: Voter Exit and the Persistence of Authoritarianism in Zimbabwe".
Session Title 1: “Provisional Belonging in South African Literature”
Past Events
Artificial Intelligence transforms knowledge transactions, threatening to sideline and diminish African voices while reproducing current power structures.
Session Desciption: Two multimedia abstract painting movements, the Black-Caribbean School and Vohou-Vohou, took shape starting in the late 1960s, mostly in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, but also…
This talk brings to the table tailings of a new project on the struggle for “New African Music” (so-called by the Union of Southern African Artists from 1953).
Session Description: Gender and women’s studies should be front and centre when scholars investigate, cogitate, and write about coups in the discipline of politics, since coups are decidedly…
The Center for African Studies (CAS) is excited to partner with the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health Program (SASH) for an engaging Africa Table lecture on October 8th from 12–1 PM at…
How did girl-focused development planning become so widespread, both within the United Nations and in global policymaking?
Global Health Collaboration During Global Pandemics
Part 1: Maintaining Collaboration in Uncertain Times: A 5-step Process
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a significant public health and human rights concern that affects millions of girls and women worldwide.
