Africa Table

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Students getting food from table

The Center for African Studies hosts its weekly lecture series Africa Table every Wednesday 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.

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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

April
24
Date
Wed April 24th 2024, 12:00pm
Location:
Encina Commons
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 123

Join us for a special Africa Table session featuring graduate students' work, including presentations by Zahra Fazal and Venolia Rabodiba.

May
15
Date
Wed May 15th 2024, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Encina Commons
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 123

Focused on calls for pedagogies of resistance to reimagine pathways towards more dignified and humane urban livelihoods, I will share a sequence of collaborative experiments over the last decade…

Past Events

April
11
Date
Wed April 11th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
219 Encina Hall West

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series.

March
14
Date
Wed March 14th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Encina Hall West, Room 219

Celebrate the end of Winter Quarter with the Center for African Studies before spring break. Enjoy good conversation, music and delicious Singaporean food from Shiok!

March
7
Date
Wed March 7th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
219 Encina Hall West

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series.

February
28
Date
Wed February 28th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
219 Encina Hall West

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series.

February
21
Date
Wed February 21st 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
219 Encina Hall West

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series.

February
14
Date
Wed February 14th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
219 Encina Hall West

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series. This week's talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Linguistics.

February
7
Date
Wed February 7th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Encina Hall West, Room 219

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series. This week CAS summer research award recipients will present on their respective studies.

January
31
Date
Wed January 31st 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
219 Encina Hall West

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series.

January
24
Date
Wed January 24th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
219 Encina Hall West

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series.

Speaker: Kathryn Takabvirwa, Teaching Affiliate, Anthropology, Stanford University

January
17
Date
Wed January 17th 2018, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Black Community Services Center

Join the Center for African Studies for our weekly lunchtime lecture series.

Speaker: Stephany Ursula Yamoah, Deputy Director of Dance, National Theatre of Ghana