Date and Time:
Thursday, March 24, 2022
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Location: Online event
Description:
Please note: This event will take place via Zoom. You must register in order to receive the entry link.
African American women have had a tremendous impact on the lives of Arizonans.
In a project she's been working on for the past 20 years, Dr. Akua Duku Anokye has had the privilege of interviewing some of these amazing women. She calls them othermothers/community mothers–these social activist who emerged from the Black woman-centered network of community. In this talk, she will introduce you to these powerful Black women who have risen to lead movements, create institutions, administer justice, and speak up when others were silent. Hear the stories of women like Betty and Jean Fairfax, Jean Williams, Fatimah Halim, and Carol Coles Henry, who have served their community with love, foresight, and integrity.
Akua Duku Anokye, Associate Professor of Africana Language, Literature, and Culture, Associate Director of the School of Humanity Arts and Cultural Studies, Director of New College International Initiatives, office of Interdisciplinary Global Learning and Engagement (IGLE). Past chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), and currently Chief Reader for the College Board’s Advanced Placement English Language and Composition, she was named 2021 Outstanding Speaker of the Year by AZ Humanities. Her research focuses on African Diaspora orality and literacy practices, folklore, storytelling, and oral history. Most recent research focuses on African Diasporic women activists as community mothers.
This event is co-sponsored by Arizona Humanities and AZ Speaks.
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