Poetic JuXtice: Resilience By: Kay Tracey I am not property. I have autonomy. I am not smart for a Black girl. I am just smart. I am not a slave. Because I was born free My ancestors ran away, so I could be set free. While your life is filled with opportunities, emancipation, deregulation, and […]
Photographer: Cyrus Sundar Singh Written by: Omosalewa O. Olawoye From October 9th-October 11th, 2023, the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas (York University, Canada) and l’Institut Supérieur des Arts et des Cultures (Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal) hosted an interdisciplinary conference under the theme: Africa and its Diasporas’ Contributions to World […]
Harriet Tubman Institute International Conference: Africa and its Diasporas’ Contributions to World Civilization Dates: June 26-29, 2023 Location: l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal The Harriet Tubman Institute is going to Dakar! The Conference will be hosted at l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. HTI extends a huge thank you to our supporters, York International, The Dahdaleh […]
Dates: June 26-29, 2023 Location: l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal The Harriet Tubman Institute is going to Dakar! The Conference will be hosted at l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. HTI extends a huge thank you to our supporters, York International, The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the African Studies Program, and the Resource Centre […]
Dear colleagues and friends, From Saturday, May 27 to Friday, June 2, York University will be hosting Congress 2023—the largest gathering of academics, educators, and policy makers in Canada—to reflect on the theme, “Reckonings and Re-Imaginings.” We are extending a special invitation to community members who may not have attended Congress before to participate this […]
(The English version follows the French version/ La version anglaise suit la présente version française) Conférence internationale de l’insititut Harriet Tubman Les contributions de l’Afrique et ses diasporas à la civilisation du monde Organisée par : Institut Harriet Tubman pour la recherche sur l’Afrique et ses diasporas (Université York, Canada) en collaboration avec l’Institut supérieur des […]
CMS) at the University of Ghana (Legon), where it was held, and established a partnership between the HTI and CMS at the University of Ghana. Forty-five (45) papers were presented and approximately 130 participants attended the conference. It was decided that, in two years, the HTI and CMS will co-organize a workshop at the HTI […]
The keynote by Dr. Hanétha Vété-Congolo (Bowdoin College) and Dr. Pablo Idahosa’s (York University) closing remarks for the Transatlantic Memories, Blackness, and African Diasporic Identity: Now and in the Future International conference are now available on YouTube. HTI organized this two day event on 11–12 May 2022 to mark the International Decade for People of […]
To mark the International Decade for People of Africa Descent, and in consideration of the ongoing struggles of African peoples, including those in diasporic communities, the Harriet Tubman Institute is organizing a virtual interdisciplinary conference on Wednesday and Thursday, 11–12 May 2022. Dr. Hanétha Vété-Congolo will give the conference keynote lecture on Africa Tomorrow: Building […]