Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Join us next week, Tuesday, February 17, 2026, in person at 340 Stephens hall and online via Zoom with Professor Moses Khisa, who will be discussing "The 2026 Elections and Deepening Autocracy in Uganda."

Less than one week left to join us at our annual lecture, next Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 4:30 pm at Alumni House, UC Berkeley. The address "Africa's Ill-fitting Imperial Clothes" will be given by legendary South African activist, medical doctor, academic, businesswoman and global thought leader, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele.

Just a reminder, in less than three weeks, we will be hosting Dr. Mamphela Ramphele for our Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and UC Berkeley Center for African Studies Annual Lecture. Registration is required for the event, don't forget to RSVP.

Just a reminder, in less than three weeks, we will be hosting Dr. Mamphela Ramphele for our Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and UC Berkeley Center for African Studies Annual Lecture. Registration is required for the event, don't forget to RSVP.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mamphela Ramphele will deliver our annual lecture, "Africa's Ill-Fitting Imperial Clothes," on February 10, 2026, at Alumni House, UC Berkeley.

Would you be interested in something to do this weekend? Check out the fabulous Soweto Gospel Choir of South Africa. They will be here in Berkeley on Sunday, December 14, at Zellerbach Hall here in Berkeley, California.

Soweto Gospel Choir Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Please join us in person or on zoom next Thursday, December 11th for our last Faculty Hour of the year with Professors emeriti Gillian Hart & Michael J. Watts for two very important and interesting discussions on global issues through the lens of the African continent "South Africa and the Israel/Palestine Question: The Political Stakes" and Bloom or Gloom: Revisiting African Oil States.

Looking forward to seeing you at our last series event of the year with Veronarindra & Sekou on Thursday, December 4th!

Topic: CAS Work-in-Progress Series with Veronarindra Ramananjato and Sekou Jabateh

Time: Dec 4, 2025 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 961 3377 0368
Passcode: 873691

Interested in learning more about Africa and various topics? The Progress Series stimulates informal cross-disciplinary convos between graduate, faculty, and other campus Africanists. Join us for our last Work-In Progress Series discussion of the year at 1:10 pm PST on December 4th for our Work-in-Progress series, featuring recipients Veronarindra Ramananjatom who will present "Mini-stories about tiny " and Sekou Jabateh who will speak on "Designing Memory for Peace: Experimental Evidence on Memorialization and Reconciliation in and ."

Interested in learning more about Africa and various topics? The Progress Series stimulates informal cross-disciplinary convos between graduate, faculty, and other campus Africanists. Join us for our last Work-In Progress Series discussion of the year at 1:10 pm PST on December 4th for our Work-in-Progress series, featuring recipients Veronarindra Ramananjatom who will present "Mini-stories about tiny " and Sekou Jabateh who will speak on "Designing Memory for Peace: Experimental Evidence on Memorialization and Reconciliation in and ."

Please join us for “In Praise of Roving Bandits: State Failure as an Achievement in Central Africa,” a lecture by Peer Schouten. Light refreshments will be served!

Big Thanks to you and to our collaborators the Haas Berkeley Africa Club! We raised $1,565 on March 13 to support student initiated activities and to bring more African-based scholars to Berkeley.

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teaching pumflet: reflections on a syllabus for freedom

A lecture by Ilze Wolff

Ilze Wolff is an architect, a scholar, and a writer who co-directs Wolff Architects, a practice concerned with an architecture of consequence. She is the founder of the publication and research platform pumflet: art, architecture, stuff, which focuses on the Black social and spatial imaginaries. Wolff has a passion for spatial practice and its potential as a site for emancipatory practices of care, embedded research, and prophetic organization.

Thursday, February 27th 4-6 PM
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler