Honoring Ancestors in Africa and Beyond: Arts and Actions will take place Friday-Saturday, April 6-7 at the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ingraham 205, 1155 Observatory Dr.
Join the African Studies Program for our annual symposium, Honoring Ancestors in Africa: Arts and Actions. This multi-sensorial and multi-disciplinary symposium will explore sensory aspects of specific African ways of honoring ancestors.
The weekend will feature a series of short oral presentations by renowned University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni scholars of African and African Diaspora arts and other distinguished scholars.
The symposium will also feature an Egungun masquerade performance by members of the Oyotunji – a vibrant Yoruba community in the USA, who hold an annual series of festivals for ancestors and divinities. The most elaborate is their Egungun festival honoring the spirit of ancestors. An ensemble of musicians and masqueraders will perform at the symposium.
