Africana Studies Welcomes Dr. Anima Adjepong

The Africana Studies Program, along with the Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and the International Affairs Program, welcomes Dr. Anima Adjepong who will discuss their book Afropolitan Projects: Redefining Blackness, Sexualities, and Culture from Houston to Accra. Their book focuses on the cities of Houston, TX and Accra, Ghana and Africans at home and abroad through the exploration of national and pan-African cultural politics, race, class, sexuality, and religion.

Dr. Adjepong is a sociologist whose research examines culture, identities, and social change in West Africa and the diaspora. They received their PhD in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin and an A.B. in Comparative Literature from Princeton Univeristy.

Wednesday, October 19th, 4:15 pm in OCGE 107

Snacks will be available!