{"id":18426,"date":"2023-04-12T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T20:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?page_id=18426"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:05:59","slug":"knowing-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/knowing-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Africa Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Knowing Africa Seminar Series\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"knowing-africa-seminar-series-lineup\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knowing Africa Seminar Series lineup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All seminars take place in the Fall term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us for the exciting series ahead by registering to be a part of these series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. <strong>October 2,2024<\/strong>|&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu_event\/apartheids-remains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apartheid\u2019s Remains<\/a><br>\n2. <strong>October 30, 2024<\/strong>| <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu_event\/available-light-omar-badsha-and-the-struggle-for-change-in-sa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Available Light: Omar Badsha and the Struggle for Change in SA<\/a><br>\n3.&nbsp; <strong>November 13,2024<\/strong>| <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu_event\/conspiracy-narratives-from-postcolonial-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa: Freemasonry, Homosexuality and Illicit Enrichment<\/a><br>\n4. <strong>November 27,2024<\/strong>| <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu_event\/the-aesthetics-of-belonging-indigenous-urbanism-city-building-and-the-oil-boom-in-luanda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Aesthetics of Belonging: Indigenous Urbanism, City Building and the Oil Boom in Luanda<\/a><br>\n5. <strong>December 04,2024<\/strong>| <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu_event\/children-of-the-soil-the-power-of-built-form-in-urban-madagascar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/t\/811DCDCD6E7F112C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to the Knowing Africa Mailing List<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section 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