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CATEGORIES:The Audrey Richards Annual Lecture in African Stud
 ies
SUMMARY:&quot\;Accra to Lagos\; Lagos to London&quot\;: Af
 rican Engagements with the Higher Education indust
 ry *culled from the titles of two music volumes by
  Mr Eazi - Prof Akosua Adomako Ampofo\, Institute 
 of African Studies\, University of Ghana\, Legon 
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/122941
DESCRIPTION:Mr Eazi is a Nigerian-born\, Ghana-based artist wh
 o\, with his track “Accra to Lagos” on the album L
 ife is Eazi\, Vol. 1 “plays tour guide\, assemblin
 g the sounds and energies of two dynamic cities—Ac
 cra and Lagos—into an electrifying mixtape” (Apple
  music).  In Life is Eazi\, Vol. 2\, “Lagos to Lon
 don”\, the first 9 tracks portray Lagos and the la
 st 6 the London side of his story.  Oluwatosin Aji
 bade (his legal name) is not the first\, or even t
 he most well-known African artiste to bring Africa
 n-flavoured fusions to the table.  His vibe has be
 en hailed over his lyrics.  And yet\, both vibe an
 d lyrics provide interesting metaphors for the way
 s in which knowledge travels—to and fro\, around d
 etours\, managing road-blocks\, discovering delici
 ous cul-de-sacs\, protecting little lanes\, announ
 cing new routes. The decolonizing project in highe
 r education has engaged significantly with the val
 orization of knowledge\; highlighting\, unpacking\
 , interrogating the who-says-what-to-whom epistemo
 logies and methodologies in our universities.  Thi
 s lecture looks at how Africans are engaging with 
 higher education\, what conversations we bring to 
 the table\, what form they take and what they dest
 abilize or even transform both on our campuses and
  the larger “indus-try”—in teaching and research\,
  publishing\, international collaborations\, fundi
 ng and so forth.  What\, for example\, does “inter
 national” mean\, what kinds of conversations are h
 eld and with whom\, and what do these conversation
 s convey about the place of Africa in the larger h
 igher education ecosystem? Knowledge production an
 d sharing outside of\, or parallel to the ivory to
 wer\, as well as what Mjiba Frehiwot has referred 
 to as the “blue collar” side of pan-African work\,
  will also be examined: are there more conversatio
 ns and collaborations than are recognized\, and wh
 at do these trends portend for our professional si
 tes and selves? \n\nThis event will be followed a 
 drinks reception and is open to all. There is no n
 eed to pre-book.\n\nAkosua Adomako Ampofo is Profe
 ssor of African and Gender Studies at the Institut
 e of African Studies\, University of Ghana (UG).  
 She considers herself an activist scholar\, and at
  the heart of her work are questions of identity a
 nd power—within families\, institutions\, politica
 l and religious spaces\, and the knowledge industr
 y.  In her current work on black masculinities\, s
 he explores the shifting nature of identities amon
 g black men in Africa and the diaspora. Earlier wo
 rk on masculinities has explored the ways in which
  the discourse of “men of God” (i.e religious lead
 ers) becomes a meta knowledge and (re)defines femi
 ninity.  In 2015 she presented the African Studies
  Review distinguished lecture\, subsequently publi
 shed in 2016 as “Re-viewing Studies on Africa\, #B
 lack Lives Matter\, and Envisioning the Future of 
 African Studies” in African Studies Review (59)2: 
 7-27.  She co-edited\, with Cheryl Rodriguez and D
 zodzi Tsikata Transatlantic Feminisms: Women’s and
  Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Lanham
 \, MD\, Lexington Books (2015).  In 2005 she becam
 e the foundation Director of the University of Gha
 na’s Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy\, and 
 from 2010-2015 she was the Director of the Institu
 te of African Studies.  Adomako Ampofo is Presiden
 t of the African Studies Association of Africa htt
 p://www.as-aa.org/index.php/officers\; Editor-in-C
 hief\, Contemporary Journal of African Studies\; C
 o-Editor\, Critical Investigations into Humanitari
 anism in Africa blog\, www.cihablog.com as well as
  African Studies Review.  She is a fellow of the G
 hana Academy of Arts and Sciences. @adomakoampofo.
LOCATION:LG19\, Cambridge Faculty of Law\, 10 West Road\, C
 ambridge CB3 9DZ
CONTACT:Victoria Jones
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