The Penn Museum, Imagine Africa” Lecture Series: Cultural Encounters in the Diaspora: When African and African-American Cultures Meet. (Cheikh Babou)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 2:00pm

Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum

The Penn Museum invites you to its “Imagine Africa” Lecture Series:
 
“Cultural Encounters in the Diaspora: When African and African-American Cultures Meet”

Cheikh Babou, History, Penn

What adjustments and accommodations do Africans have to make when they move into African-American communities? What stereotypes do both groups face? Join Penn historian Dr. Cheikh Anta Babou, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, as he discusses the complexities associated with black identity in modern America.

This lecture is free with PennCard!
 
For more information, please visit http://penn.museum/events-calendar/details/681-cultural-encounters-in-the-diaspora.html