Centre for Intellectual History

Adom Getachew (University of Chicago), The Iconicity of Africa

Name: Adom Getachew (University of Chicago), The Iconicity of Africa
Start: 2026-10-22T17:00:00+0100
End: 2026-10-22T19:00:00+0100

Date: Thursday 22 October
Time: 17:00-19:00
Venue: Schwarzman Centre, Lecture Theatre

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Professor Adom Getachew will explore how, over the course of the 20th century, the continental image of Africa emerged as a symbolically freighted icon for a political project centred on racial solidarity and emancipation. The lecture will trace this development and consider the multiplicity of meanings that have come to cohere around the sign of Africa.