The Institute of African American Affairs presents BRN-Winter-2017-flyer-(1) Black Renaissance Noire Winter 2017 launch March 24, 2017 (c) NYU-IAAA #210241 Black Renaissance Noire Winter 2017 launch March 24, 2017 (c) NYU-IAAA #192447 (1) Black Renaissance Noire Winter 2017 launch March 24, 2017 (c) NYU-IAAA #202506 Black Renaissance Noire Winter 2017 launch March 24, 2017 […]
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Black Renaissance Noire & The Institute of African American Affairs present: Black Renaissance Noire Volume 16.2 Issue Release with: Roddey Reid Eva Freeman Hakim Hasan Deneka Peniston Jack Whitten Friday, October 28, 2016 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. New York University 19 University Place, Rm. 102 (btwn E. 8th and Waverly Place) New York, […]
Wole Soyinka - October 3rd, 2016 Main Lecture Wole Soyinka - October 4th, 2016 "Negritude" film screening and discussion Wole Soyinka - October 7th, 2016 Conversation with Taiye Selasi Monday, October 3rd, 2016 | 6:00 PM Wole Soyinka Main Lecture “Negritude By Any Other Name” NYU Law School, Vanderbilt Hall - Tishman Auditorium, 1st floor […]
NYU Hosts U.S. Premiere of “Miriam Makeba: Mama Africa the Musical” October 3rd, 2016 An international production New York, N.Y. (Oct. 3rd , 2016) – The North American premiere of Miriam Makeba: Mama Africa the Musical will open October 3rd at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts. The production tells the story of activist and Grammy […]
Black Renaissance Noire Volume 16.1 Issue Release: Readings and Reception Friday, May 6, 2016 Black Renaissance Noire & The Institute of African American Affairs present: Ruth Hardinger Stephon Alexander Melvin Edwards and Lydie Diakhaté Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Friday, May 6, 2016 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ———————- New York University 19 University Place, Rm. 102 (btwn […]
Cheikh Lo April 2, 2016 Cheikh Lo April 7, 2016 Cheikh Lo April 9, 2016 Cheikh Lo April 12, 2016 Senegalese musician Cheikh Lô brings with him over forty years of making music fused with a variety of sounds from West and Central Africa and is one of the the most well-known artists coming out of Africa today. At […]
The year was 1996. Two novelists of color publish stunning and provocative coming-of-age debuts. Through fiercely earnest characters navigating a landscape of burning dreams and neglect in a small 1970s Hawaiian community, R. Zamora Linmark’s Rolling the R’s threw new light on queer identity and the trauma of assimilation—and is now available in a new, […]
CLICK HERE FOR LIVE STREAMING Presents This event is FREE and open to the public FLYER PDF On August 12, 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat died at the age of 27. Despite his brief life, Basquiat is arguably one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. In the past couple of years, there has been a […]
Institute of African American Affairs presents Lorna Goodison “On the Caribbean Imaginary” Date: Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 Time: Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life, New York University Location: Grand Hall, 5th floor 238 Thompson Street (between West 3rd Street and Washington Square South) New York, NY 10012 Click Here for Program PDF PHOTOS […]