The African Activist Student Association Presents:
The Africa & Capitalism Colloquium

Location: Bunche 10383
Date: Friday, June 1, 2018
Time: 11:45a – 6p (all times are U.S. Pacific)
Reception Food Provided by Sumptuous African Restaurant
1170 S La Brea Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301

Lunch (11:45a)

Introductory Remarks (12:05p):
Nana Osei-Opare (History, UCLA)

Panel 1 (12:15p)
Ghislaine Lydon (History, UCLA), Paper Instruments in Early African Economies: The Debated Role of the Suftaja or
International Check.
Andrew Apter (History, UCLA), History in the Dungeon: Atlantic Slavery and the Spirits of Capitalism
Stephan F. Miescher (History, UCSB), “VALCO, the pace-setter”: Ghana, U.S. Capitalism, and the Contentious Story of an
Aluminum Smelter
R. Lane Clark (Independent Filmmaker), documentary film, Ghana’s Electric Dreams: An American Island in Ghana
William Worger (History, UCLA), Discussant

Panel 2 (3:15p)
Percy Ngonyama (Researcher, Mzala Nxumalo Centre), Comrade Mzala – A Revolutionary Anti-Capitalist Perspective of the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa
Comfort Azubuko-Udah (English, UCLA), African Literature in the Capitalocene
Hannah Appel (Anthropology, UCLA), Futures: Oil and the Licit Life of Capitalism in Equatorial Guinea
Edmond Keller (Political Science, UCLA), Discussant

Reception (5p)
Music Performance by Alby Ungashe ’18
Sponsor(s): UCLA African Studies Center, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy, UCLA Department of History, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, UCLA Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, the East African Students Association, and History at Work-UCLA Department of History Graduate Center Development.
Cost: Free and open to the public; pay-by-space and all-day ($12) parking available in lot 3.

UCLA African Studies Center 310-825-3686
africa@international.ucla.edu
http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa