- Marcus Garvey Annual Memorial Lecture 2024- EXTERNAL EVENTIan Gulland Lecture Theatre, London
Join the Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum (PASCF) for the 15th Marcus Garvey Annual Memorial Lecture with guest speaker Professor Kehinde Andrews on Mon June 10th - doors open at 5:00 PM.
The Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum (PASCF) are proud and honoured to have Dr Kehinde Andrews deliver the 2024 Annual Marcus Garvey Memorial Lecture. This is PASCF's 15th consecutive year of holding a lecture to honour Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940)
Of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Prof Kehinde Andrews says:
"Garvey founded the most successful and important Black organisations in history, connecting millions of Africans at home and abroad. The UNIA (United Negro Improvement Association) laid the blueprint for the revolutionary politics we need by attempting to organise the global Black nation into one voice. With the technology at our disposal today there is no excuse for not taking up Garvey's challenge to organise for liberation. The talk will explain the why and the how of building the global Black nation in the twenty first century."Come join the Pan Afrikan Society Community Forum - for an insightful evening at the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Goldsmiths' College, New Cross, SE14 6AD. (Accessible entrance - end of Laurie Grove, SE14.)
Professor Kehinde Andrews:
Professor Kehinde Andrews is the lead professor in Black Studies at the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. He is the Director of the Centre for Critical Social Research and led the establishment of the first Black Studies degree in Europe at the university.Doors Open 17:00 - Welcome refreshments
Lecture Commences 18:00 followed by Q&A.
Cultural contributions from Cultural Thoughts with Abu Akil and Kojo.Tickets are free but registration is required (RSVP is not enough).
For more information and to book tickets - click here: - ABH Study Group - [pre-read] Freewill and Determinism by Augustine Chidi IgbokweLink visible for attendees
The ABH Study group welcomes you to our monthly discussion club.
Taking place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, we will read African, Diasporic African, and Decolonial thinkers who take a philosophical view on the Human experience.
The ABH Study Group offers us a collective space to read, study and discuss the form Humanism takes in our everyday lives, with our focus on how Humamism affects us as members of the diaspora.
You can donate to our ongoing efforts to expand Humanism for all here.
After registering for the event, a Zoom link will be provided to all registered members on the day of our discussion.
For the month of June, we will be reading:
"Freewill and Determinism: The African Perspective and Experience" (2015) by Augustine Chidi Igbokwe.Augustine Chidi Igbokwe outlines the African take on Determinism, illustrating the apriori basis for Causality and certainty of outcome. To contrast this thinking within the African tradition, Igbokwe uses a Eurocentric definition of Freewill to illustrate one's pursuit of freedom within the community of never-ending constraints.
Augustine Chidi Igbokwe completed his degree in Philosophy from Pontifical Urban University in Rome. He also obtained a Master's and PhD in Philosophy from Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. Igbokwe lectures on Philosophy courses focused on ethics & compliance at Caritas University, Enugu.
A copy of this article is available here in the PDF.
Led by Ewere Owaka (current ABH Philosopher in residence), we will cover a range of topics from Philosophical enquiry to Political agency in the modern landscape.
NOTE: This will be a safe space to learn and make mistakes with those who can better understand your situation. No racist, sexist, or homophobic acts will be tolerated, and those who disturb our discussion will be removed and banned immediately. Please be advised.
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