Activities
4th International Colloquium of Studies on Africa
Afro-American Contemporary Relations in an Emerging Heterogeneous World Order
07 Apr      09:30 am

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Coordination for Humanities

University Program of Studies on Asia and Africa



4th International Colloquium of Studies on Africa

Afro-American Contemporary Relations in an Emerging Heterogeneous World Order

Venue: Sala de Videoconferencias, Institute of Economic Research, UNAM



Monday, April 7th, 2025 |

9:30 - 11:00 (Mexico City Time)

Keynote. Africa in a Multipolar Interconnected World: The Role of Financial Flows

  • Howard Stein, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan

11:15 – 11:45 (Mexico City Time)

Opening Ceremony


12:00 – 14:00 (Mexico City Time)

Panel African migrations in the Americas

  • Contemporary black-African diasporas: instability and acceleration in the Americas, Bruno Miranda, Institute for Social Research, UNAM
  • The Militarisation and Encroaching of Borders in Mexico, Alethia Fernández de la Reguera, Institute for Legal Research, UNAM
  • African migrations in Argentina during the 20th and 21st centuries, Gisele Kleidermacher, Sociology Department, University of Buenos Aires
  • Mexican Migrant Communities in the US: Afro-descendancy and competing idea of racial formation, Elizabeth Sweet, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston

Tuesday, April 8th 2025

09:30 AM – 11:30 (Mexico City Time)

Panel Africa and South-South Cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Rethinking green energy policies from the South: Mexico and Egypt, Verónica Gómez, School of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM
  • Agustina Marchetti, School of Political Science and International Relations, National University of Rosario

11:45 AM – 13:45 (Mexico City Time)

Panel AfroAmerican Contemporary Arts: Music and Literature

  • Can Diasporas Dream of Utopian Futures? Caribbean Science Fiction, Resistance and African Links, Adriana Franco, School of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM
  • Onyeka Nwelue, Independent
  • Show, Don’t Tell: Creating a New Pan-African Reality Through Targeted Diaspora Action, David Hundeyin, Journalist
  • José Luis Gázquez, School of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM