African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies—Kazeem K Sanuth
Abstract This presentation reconceptualizes the National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) as an institutional knowledge infrastructure that organizes and sustains African language pedagogy in the United States. African language instruction has historically moved through recurring phases of marginalization, expansion, and renewed precarity, often relying on instructors or small programs with limited institutional coordination. These conditions
“Innovating African Language Pedagogy and Digital Integration in European Universities” with Fatou Cisse Kane
Fatou Cissé Kane Institute for African Studies and Egyptology Born in Senegal, Fatou Cissé Kane holds a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Cologne in Germany, more precisely from the Institute for African and Egyptological Studies. The subject of her thesis is the general description of Oniyan. Oniyan is a minority language spoken in
“Nollywood’s narrative power: Shaping Africa’s image and story” with Pete Edochie
Chief Pete Edochie, is one of Nigeria’s most talented actors, Edochie was honored with an Industry Merit Award by Africa Magic and Lifetime Achievement by Africa Film Academy. Once an administrator and broadcaster,he came into prominence in the 1980s, when he played the lead role of ‘Okonkwo’ in a Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua
“Thirty years of Democracy and Constitutionalism in South Africa” with Justice Leona Theron
Justice Leona Theron was born in Wentworth, a working-class township under apartheid, and grew up in poverty. Despite these challenges, she excelled academically and earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 1989, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and completed a Masters of Law degree at Georgetown