BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s Maxwell African Scholars Union (MASU) presents Mukoma Wa Ngugi.Mukoma Wa Ngugi argues that while interpersonal\, political and cultural solidarity have always been historically present b etween Africans and African Americans\, the relationship is also mediated by each seeing the other through the lens of racism. Furthermore\, the que stion of African complicity in the selling of Black Americans into slavery is also central to the relationship. \;Light refreshments will be ser ved.Mukoma Wa Ngugi is a professor of literatures in English at Cornell Un iversity and the author of "The Rise of the African Novel: Politics of Lan guage\, Identity and Ownership\," the novels "Mrs. Shaw\," "Black Star Nai robi\," "Nairobi Heat\," and two books of poetry\, "Logotherapy" and "Hurl ing Words at Consciousness: Unbury Our Dead With Song\," a novel about com peting Tizita musicians that was released from Cassava Republic Press in M ay of 2021.A former co-editor of Pambazuka News and political columnist fo r the BBC Focus on Africa Magazine\, Mukoma's columns have also appeared i n The Guardian\, International Herald Tribune\, Ebony.com\, Chimurenga\, L os Angeles Times\, South African Labour Bulletin\, Africa is a Country\, D aily Nation\, and Business Daily Africa. He has been a guest on Democracy Now\, NPR\, Al Jazeera\, Nation TV\, and the BBC World Service\, among oth ers. \;  \; DTEND:20241025T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260513T033801Z DTSTART:20241025T193000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Africans and African Americans: Political Solidarities and the Ques tion of Slavery UID:RFCALITEM639142258813539060 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute’s Maxwell African Scholars Union (MASU) presents Mukoma Wa Ngugi.

Mukoma Wa Ngugi argues that while interpersonal\, political and cultural solidar ity have always been historically present between Africans and African Ame ricans\, the relationship is also mediated by each seeing the other throug h the lens of racism. Furthermore\, the question of African complicity in the selling of Black Americans into slavery is also central to the relatio nship. \;

Light refreshments will be ser ved.

Mukoma Wa Ngugi is a professor of literatures in English at Cornell University and the author of "The Rise of the Africa n Novel: Politics of Language\, Identity and Ownership\," the novels "Mrs. Shaw\," "Black Star Nairobi\," "Nairobi Heat\," and two books of poetry\, "Logotherapy" and "Hurling Words at Consciousness: Unbury Our Dead With S ong\," a novel about competing Tizita musicians that was released from Cas sava Republic Press in May of 2021.

A former co-ed itor of Pambazuka News and political columnist for the BBC Focus on Africa Magazine\, Mukoma's columns have also appeared in The Guardian\, Internat ional Herald Tribune\, Ebony.com\, Chimurenga\, Los Angeles Times\, South African Labour Bulletin\, Africa is a Country\, Daily Nation\, and Busines s Daily Africa. He has been a guest on Democracy Now\, NPR\, Al Jazeera\, Nation TV\, and the BBC World Service\, among others. \;  \;

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