Upon invitation of Prof. Dr. Olorunshola Adenekan and Prof. Dr. Koen Bostoen, Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong (Wageningen University) opened the academic year of the UGent Master of African Studies program with a talk titled “Frictions of space and embodied absences: Tourism’s intersection with slavery and colonial heritage memories“. This talk was the joint opening lecture for the Master of African Studies courses “Literature, Media and the Arts in Central and Eastern Africa” and “Language, History and Identity in Central and Eastern Africa”.
A recording of the lecture and of the documentary film shown during the lecture can be found below the poster.
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Akwasi Adu-Ampong
Documentary “The Embodied Absence of the Past: tourism’s intersection with slavery and colonial heritage memories” by Prof. Dr. Akwasi Adu-Ampong