"Situating Africatown, USA in Contemporary Historiography Discourse and the South: Preliminary Thoughts Towards Recentering Africa and Community Voices"
Speaker: Afia S. Zakiya, Ph.D. (Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation)
The descendants of African survivors of the last slave ship to reach America in 1859, work to preserve their heritage in Alabama. How should slavery be remembered?
Zoom Link: https://go.illinois.edu/AfiaSZ | (Meeting ID: 864 0736 5970 | Password: 281243)
Sponsors: Center for African Studies & Department of African-American Studies
