Monique Bedasse Book Talk – “Jah Kingdom: Rastafarians, Tanzania, and Pan-Africanism in the Age of Decolonization”

Haines Hall 153 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Winner of the Anna Julia Cooper and C.L.R. James Award from the National Council for Black Studies, Jah Kingdom uses Rastafarian repatriation to Tanzania to examine the transnational politics of pan-African ideas and praxis following the rise of independent nation-states across the Caribbean and Africa. “Jah Kingdom is the work of a talented, imaginative historian whose innovative approach […]

UCLA Institute of American Cultures Annual Fall Forum 2018

James West Alumni Center 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles

Featuring the 2018–19 IAC visiting researchers and scholars, graduate and predoctoral fellows, and research grant awardees at UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers: Asian American Studies Center American Indian Studies Center Bunche Center for African American Studies Chicano Studies Research Center Hear directly from four scholars- one representing each center- about their innovative work, ideas, and […]