Thursday, February 14

• 10:30 AM African Studies Coffee Break
• 3:30 PM Unintelligent Design: The Scars of Human Evolution
• 8:00 PM BU African Student Organization Valentine's Day Cafe

Friday, February 15

• 3:00 PM Study Africa this Summer!
• 6:30 PM "Windows to West Africa" - A WARA Art Exhibit @ Brookline Senior Center

Saturday, February 16

• 7:00 PM From Bach II Funk: A People's Concert for Liberia

Thursday, February 21

• 10:30 AM African Studies Coffee Break

Monday, February 25

• 12:00 PM Rodney: "Hot and Haute: African Fashion, FIMA, and Globalization"
•   Pardee House Seminar

Thursday, February 28

• 10:30 AM African Studies Coffee Break
• 12:00 PM "Modernization and Climate Adaptation: The Politics of Human Security in (a Globalizing) Ethiopia"
• 4:00 PM "RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND POLITICAL PARTIES: INTERACTION IN CONTEMPORARY SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA"

Friday, March 1

• 9:00 AM "The Impact of Good Intentions: Telling the Story of Foreign Aid in the 21st Century"

Monday, March 4

• 12:00 PM Rodney: "The Macabre Market: The Rise of Life Insurance in Swaziland"
• 5:30 PM "Disorder and the Unappreciated Order: Women, Migration, and Labor in Mozambique"
• 6:00 PM FILM: Shungu--The Resilience of a People

Tuesday, March 5

• 5:00 PM One Drop Rule: Colorism and Black Consciousness

Wednesday, March 6

• 2:30 PM Shell Oil Nigeria Country Chair to speak at UMASS Boston

Thursday, March 7

• 4:00 PM "Religion, Psychosocial Vulnerability and Evolution: Exploring the Link Between Religion and Health Via Ethnographic Case Studies of Asante Ritual Healing"

Saturday, March 16

• 8:00 AM "Africa Innovate: Celebrating Successes, Addressing Challenges

Monday, March 18

• 12:00 PM Rodney: "Regulation, Reproduction, and Commodification: A Brief History of Diamond Mining in Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo"

Friday, March 22

• 4:00 PM Fulbright Teachers Reflect & Teach About their Experiences

Monday, March 25

• 12:00 PM Rodney: “Spell of Invisibility and the Logic of Sovereignty in Nigerian Pentecostalism and the Nigerian State”

Tuesday, March 26

• 12:00 PM Pardee House Seminar

Wednesday, March 27

• 12:00 PM "Naming the Birds of the Cape Colony: Vernacular Knowledge, Scientific Facts, and Imperialism"