The following is a list of events that were held in association with Africa Atlanta 2014. The list is not necessarily all-inclusive, but attempts to show the kinds of activities that the project helped to sponsor.
Event Description | Event Category | Start Date | End Date |
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Diaspora Dialogues @ SpreadLove FELABRATION 8th Annual Tribute to Fela Anikkulapo Kuti | Arts & Culture | Friday, October 16, 2015 | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
Africa Belle Festival | Arts & Culture | Friday, May 08, 2015 | Friday, May 08, 2015 |
TEDxAtlanta: BOLD MOVES | Arts & Culture, Business & Innovation, Education, Global Affairs | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
Economic Development in Africa: Undergraduate Presentations on Revitalizing Africa | Business & Innovation | Thursday, April 23, 2015 | Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
Breakfast Briefing: Insights into the Landscape of Business in Francophone Africa | Business & Innovation | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 | Tuesday, April 21, 2015 |
The Role of Technology and Leadership in the African Renaissance | Business & Innovation, Education | Saturday, March 28, 2015 | Saturday, March 28, 2015 |
Kenyan American Entrepreneur, Isis Nyong’o to Discuss Entrepreneurship in the Rapidly Growing Tech Sector in Africa @ Georgia Tech | Business & Innovation | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
Global Hackathon – Diaspora Day of Civic Hacking | Saturday, February 07, 2015 | Saturday, February 07, 2015 | |
AFRICAN COSMOS: STELLAR ARTS | Saturday, January 31, 2015 | Sunday, June 21, 2015 | |
Teaching Africa Workshop | Education | Monday, January 26, 2015 | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
Julian Bond to Give Georgia Tech MLK Lecture — Draft Edit | Quick Edit | Trash | Preview | Thursday, January 08, 2015 | Thursday, January 08, 2015 | |
4th Annual Flavors and Colors of Haiti | Arts & Culture | Thursday, December 11, 2014 | Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
Architectural Exhibition – Evolutions in African Architecture: What Africa Will You Build? | Business & Innovation, Global Affairs | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 |
Africa Umoja-Musical Production | Arts & Culture | Tuesday, November 25, 2014 | Sunday, November 30, 2014 |
The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage Awardee Beatrice Mtetwa: Human Rights Symposium & Documentary Film Screening | Global Affairs | Thursday, November 13, 2014 | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
Ebola: Challenge and Crisis for the African Union – A Briefing by Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety, II | Global Affairs | Thursday, November 06, 2014 | Thursday, November 06, 2014 |
Ambassador Forum: How to Keep Western Africa Growing | Business & Innovation, Global Affairs | Wednesday, November 05, 2014 | Wednesday, November 05, 2014 |
Discover Global Markets: Sub-Saharan Africa | Business & Innovation, Global Affairs | Wednesday, November 05, 2014 | Thursday, November 06, 2014 |
Enhancing Business Opportunities in Africa: The Role, Reality and Future of Africa-Related Arbitration | Business & Innovation | Monday, November 03, 2014 | Tuesday, November 04, 2014 |
Film Screening & Conversation with Senegalese Film Director Dyana Gaye | Arts & Culture | Friday, October 24, 2014 | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
UNICEF Speaker Series featuring Ishamel Beah | Global Affairs | Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | Wednesday, October 22, 2014 |
BronzeLens Film Festival 2014 | Arts & Culture | Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
France-Atlanta 2014: Together Towards Innovation | Education | Thursday, October 16, 2014 | Sunday, November 02, 2014 |
My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard – Theatrical Production | Arts & Culture | Thursday, October 09, 2014 | Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
Liquid Blackness Film Series Dialogue w/ Kara Keeling & Screening of Wanuri Kahiu’s Pumzi | Arts & Culture | Thursday, October 02, 2014 | Thursday, October 02, 2014 |
Sam Nhlengethwa, “Life, Jazz and Lots of Other Things” – An Exhibition | Arts & Culture | Thursday, October 02, 2014 | Friday, October 17, 2014 |
Brides of Anansi: Fiber and Contemporary Art | Arts & Culture | Thursday, September 18, 2014 | Monday, December 01, 2014 |
Celebrating Africans in Atlanta: A Community Conference Exploring Art & Cultural Connections | Arts & Culture, Education | Thursday, September 11, 2014 | Friday, September 12, 2014 |
Esoteric Lore: Rights of Passage | Arts & Culture | Friday, September 05, 2014 | Saturday, October 11, 2014 |
Beyond A Pair of TOMS: Social Entrepreneurship in Africa | Business & Innovation | Thursday, August 28, 2014 | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
Finding Fela – Feature Documentary Film by Academy Award Winner Alex Gibney | Friday, August 15, 2014 | Friday, August 15, 2014 | |
Nnenna Okore: Fibers of Being | Arts & Culture | Thursday, August 14, 2014 | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
Film Screening of Tey (Today) & Discussion | Arts & Culture | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
Public Panel: A Discussion of a Black Visual Art Aesthetic w/ Tour of Kongo Across the Waters Exhibition & Panel Discussion | Arts & Culture | Thursday, July 17, 2014 | Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
Getting Hot but Remaining Cool: Aesthetic Traditions of the Yoruba of Nigeria: A Lecture by Robert Farris Thompson | Arts & Culture | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
National HIV Testing Day – The AIDS Memorial Quilt Panel Display | Education | Friday, June 27, 2014 | Friday, June 27, 2014 |
Half of a Yellow Sun: The Atlanta Film Premiere | Arts & Culture | Sunday, June 22, 2014 | Sunday, June 22, 2014 |
Globalism in Today’s Workforce: Trends in an International Market | Business & Innovation | Wednesday, May 28, 2014 | Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
Somi Live at Atlanta Jazz Festival | Arts & Culture | Saturday, May 24, 2014 | Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
3rd Atlanta Summit, Health in Africa: The Unfinished Agenda | Global Affairs | Monday, May 19, 2014 | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
International Conference: Africa Beyond Africa: The Future of Cultural, Social, and Scientific Research | Education | Friday, May 16, 2014 | Saturday, May 17, 2014 |
The Art of Bernard Williams & Exhibition Opening Lecture with Artist | Arts & Culture | Thursday, May 15, 2014 | Sunday, October 05, 2014 |
STEAM Workshop for Science and Art Educators | Saturday, May 03, 2014 | Saturday, May 03, 2014 | |
Call My Name – HIV/AIDS Memorial Quilting Workshop | Sunday, April 27, 2014 | Sunday, April 27, 2014 | |
Africa Belle Festival 2014 | Arts & Culture | Saturday, April 26, 2014 | Saturday, April 26, 2014 |
Art, Oppression, Protest and Survival: A lecture by Herbert Weiss | Global Affairs | Thursday, April 24, 2014 | Thursday, April 24, 2014 |
Poetry@Tech | Arts & Culture | Thursday, April 03, 2014 | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
Shuffle, Shake, and Shatter by Sanford Biggers | Arts & Culture | Friday, March 28, 2014 | Friday, March 28, 2014 |
South African Author Zakes Mda’s Reading: Ways of Dying | Arts & Culture, Education | Friday, March 28, 2014 | Friday, March 28, 2014 |
The Triptych Film Discussion | Arts & Culture | Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
After Mandela: South Africa and the Culture of Human Rights | Arts & Culture, Education | Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
The 11th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium | Education | Friday, March 21, 2014 | Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
Pan Africa Week – Kennesaw State University | Education | Monday, March 17, 2014 | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
Project Africa: Science, Technology, and Innovation | Business & Innovation | Saturday, March 08, 2014 | Saturday, March 08, 2014 |
Atlanta: A Nexus of Global Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovations | Business & Innovation | Saturday, March 01, 2014 | Saturday, March 01, 2014 |
Mapping Place: Africa Beyond Paper, An Exhibition | Arts & Culture | Friday, February 28, 2014 | Saturday, May 17, 2014 |
Soweto Gospel Choir: Gospel Music from South Africa | Arts & Culture | Saturday, February 08, 2014 | Saturday, February 08, 2014 |
Geeks Gone Global Africa Innovation Excursion: Journey to Sankalp Africa | Business & Innovation | Saturday, February 01, 2014 | Friday, February 14, 2014 |
Exhibition Talk – African Mask/Masquerade: More Than Meets the Eye | Arts & Culture | Thursday, January 30, 2014 | Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
Renee Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman | Arts & Culture | Thursday, January 30, 2014 | Saturday, May 17, 2014 |
African Mask/ Masquerade: More Than Meets the Eye | Arts & Culture | Saturday, January 25, 2014 | Saturday, April 26, 2014 |
James Pate’s KKK Series (Kin Killing Kin) | Arts & Culture | Sunday, January 19, 2014 | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
Rwandan Ambassador to Deliver MLK Lecture | Global Affairs | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey | Arts & Culture | Saturday, December 14, 2013 | Sunday, March 09, 2014 |
Nelson Mandela Memorial Service | Global Affairs | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
Taste of Africa | Arts & Culture | Friday, November 15, 2013 | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
Mother to Mother (Theatrical Production) | Arts & Culture | Thursday, November 14, 2013 | Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
Taste and Talk with Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Ron Gault | Arts & Culture | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
Books for Africa: 25th Anniversary Celebration Gala | Arts & Culture | Saturday, November 09, 2013 | Saturday, November 09, 2013 |
Film Clip Screening & Conversation with Chadian Filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Arts & Culture | Friday, November 08, 2013 | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
Atlanta Premiere, Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth | Arts & Culture | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
Reflections on Africa: Then and Now | Education | Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |