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The Africa Institute

The Africa Institute is a globally oriented interdisciplinary academic research institute dedicated to the study, research and documentation of Africa: its people and its cultures; its complex past, present, and future; and its manifold connections with the world. Africa Hall will serve as the meeting place for conferences, symposia, lectures, film screenings, stage plays and performances related to the activities of The Africa Institute.

The Africa Institute (Global Studies University) invite you to celebrate the life and legacy of literary icon Toni Morrison on February 28 – 29, 2024, at the Africa Hall, Sharjah. This special program inaugurates The Africa Institute’s Toni Morrison Senior...
  • 14 Feb 2024
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The Africa Institute presents its third symposium as part of its four-part season titled ‘Colorful Threads: The Interwoven Worlds of Art and Culture in the Western Indian Ocean,’ scheduled to be held in Sharjah between December 14-16, 2023. Colorful Threads:...
  • 07 Dec 2023
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The award-winning Ghanaian hip-hop artist and musician, M.anifest, will present his latest album titled ‘Madina to The Universe’ (MTTU) on the evening of March 8th at 8:30 PM GST in the Africa Hall. The 15-track album is a genre-blending afro-fusion...
  • 09 Mar 2022
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he first part of the two-part program Global Ghana: Sites of Departure/Sites of Return, will examine the ways in which Ghana has emergedas a focal point of diasporic engagement beginning with early 20th-century ‘Back to Africa’ movements
  • 12 Jan 2022
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Global Ghana, the second edition of The Africa Institute’s annual country-focused program to be presented in Sharjah, UAE and Accra, Ghana in 2021-22, convened by leading scholars Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Jean Allman, Carina Ray, and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong
  • 12 Jan 2022
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Global Ghana, the second edition of The Africa Institute’s annual country-focused program will be inaugurated in Sharjah, UAE, convened by leading scholars Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Jean Allman, Carina Ray, and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong. The opening will begin in the evening of...
  • 13 Oct 2021
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The Africa Institute (Sharjah, UAE), in collaboration with the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive (London, UK), present a film program titled Decolonizing African Cinema – A History. This program seeks to situate influential works of African cinema in relation...
  • 13 Oct 2021
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Directed by Yared Zeleke l 2015 l 94 mins
  • 26 Nov 2019
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Directed by Zeresenay Mehari l 2014 l 99 mins
  • 26 Nov 2019
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Book Discussion & Short Film Screening
  • 26 Nov 2019
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