Library - Selected African Holdings

Library - Selected African Holdings

Michigan State University

Selected items with African Origination


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MSU: Michigan State University · 2020

Iheoma Nwachukwu, fiction writer and former professional chess player who teaches in the Creative Writing department at Florida State University, is interviewed by doctoral student Kimberly Williams at Zora's place …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2019

Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University, delivers a talk entitled, "Forging global solidarity: dockworkers and Black internationalism." Drawing on themes from his book, "Dockworker power: race and …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2017

Bongani Mgijima, former director of the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum, talks about establishing the museum in a discussion entitled, "Telling the migrant labour story: Lwandle Museum in post-apartheid South Africa." …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2017

Laura Fair, professor of History at Michigan State University, presents a discussion entitled, "Local Stars of the Big Screen: Working Life in Tanzanian Movie Houses." Fair discusses the background and …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2017

Jeannette Unite, South African artist and instructor at the University of Cape Town, delivers a talk entitled "Above below : the hierarchy of labor in South African mines." Unite says …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama, the first American president to visit Kenya, delivers remarks to the Kenyan people. Obama speaks about Kenyan economic and human rights potential and challenges Kenyans to …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2015

Dr. Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University, delivers a talk entitled, "On the waterfront in Durban and San Francisco : longshoremen and social movement unionism, 1934-1994." Dr. …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2014

Photographer Diana Matar delivers a talk entitled, "Evidence: Photography and Political Disappearance." Speaking from a slideshow (not included), Matar presents her documentation of the disappearance of her father-in-law, a Libyan …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2014

Dr. C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University Director of Arts and Cultural Initiatives for University Outreach and Engagement, MSU Museum Curator, and Museum Director Emeritus, hosts a panel discussion titled, …


MSU: Michigan State University · 2013

President Obama, speaking on the death of Nelson Mandela, says Mandela "no longer belongs to us; he belongs to the ages." Obama reflects on Mandela's legacy, his journey from prisoner …