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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Ph.D. student Olabanke Goriola (top right) presented a paper co-authored by herself and performance studies and Black studies Prof. Dotun Ayobade. The paper analyzed Burna Boy’s single “Monsters You Made” and its relation to the Nigerian #EndSARS movement.

Scholars from around the world present research at Northwestern Afrobeats symposium

October 22, 2023

Presenters from around the world gathered at Louis Hall Friday and Saturday for a symposium on contemporary African music. Titled “Afrobeats: Lower Frequencies of Contemporary African Sounds,”  the...

Four people sit at a panel in front of rows of empty chairs. A yellow screen in the back reads “Black to Front: From African American Studies to Black Studies: A Black Thought and Culture Symposium.”

51 years after founding, African American Studies Department to be renamed Black Studies, reflecting global lens and activism

May 22, 2023

Last year, the African American Studies Department celebrated its 50th anniversary, 54 years after Black students demanded acknowledgement of Black art, culture, literature and history during the Bursar’s...

University of Massachusetts Prof. Thomas Stubblefield speaks during the Kaplan Institute’s fall keynote event. Stubblefield and O’Brien discussed how erasure of works of art can alter perceptions of history.

Scholars present works in memorialization, discuss erasure in indigenous history during Kaplan Institute’s fall keynote

November 18, 2019

The erasure of and changes to monuments or works of art can change perceptions of history, two scholars said Monday during the Kaplan Institute Fall Keynote event. University of Minnesota Prof. Jean...

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