Africa Tamasha Week 2026

KASC invites you to our second African Tamasha Week celebration happening from March 30- April 4, 2026. 

>>The highlight of the ATW is the Africa Night Party on Saturday, April 4 from 6-9 pm in the Kansas Ballroom. RSVP HERE

We have a full line-up of events. See below for more details. 

AFRICAN TAMASHA WEEK

• Monday, March 30 (10 AM- 12 PM at Wesco Beach) African Art Exhibit 
• Tuesday, March 31 (12 PM - 1:25 PM Online) Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium
• Wednesday, April 1 (4 PM - 6 PM at Burge Union, Forum C) African and African Diasporic Language Festival
• Thursday, April 2 (4:00 pm at The Forum in Marvin Hall)
  Malês (2024). A film developed in consultation with Professor João José Reis.
• Thursday, April 2 (7:00 pm; Lawrence Public Library) Public Lecture. Laurent Dubois, DUniversity of Virginia; What Worlds Does Soccer Imagine
• Friday, April 3 (17:00 UTC; 12:00 pm CST in 100 Stauffer-Flint): Global African Studies Lecture João José Reis, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil; Manoel Joaquim Ricardo, A Successful Hausa Freedman in Bahia, c. 1806-1865
•  Saturday April 4: (6 PM - 9 PM at Kansas Ballroom) African Night Party: RSVP HERE