African Tamasha Week 2026
KASC invites you to our second African Tamasha Week celebration happening from March 30- April 4, 2026. 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 (5:00 pm CST at The Forum in Marvin Hall)
Malês (2024). A film developed in consultation with Professor João José Reis.
• Friday April 3 (17:00 UTC; 12:00 pm CST in 100 Stauffer-Flint): Global African Studies Lecture
João José Reis, Department of History, 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
Sponsors of African Tamasha Week
Sponsored by:
Kansas African Studies Center (KASC)
Department of African and African American Studies
Co-sponsored by :
Department of English
Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Department of History
KU Center for Global and International Studies
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
KU Open Language Resource Center
KU International Affairs
KU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
KU Office of Community Impact
External :
The Third Planet
Teetasty Foods
Snap promotions
Baraza African Cultures Center, Kansas City
Checkers
The Merc Co-op
Waxman Candles. Lawrence, Kansas.