In a Washington Post article entitled "U.S. Museums are Trying to Return Hundreds of Looted Benin Treasures," PSC Research Associate Tukufu Zuberi speaks about sharing the stories of 196 works of Benin origin found in the Penn Museum's collection, and the process of returning them.
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Tukufu Zuberi (PSC Research Associate) collaborated with National Myths and Monuments of the OMNIA Podcast to discuss art and how the public should view the art.
Tukufu Zuberi (PSC Research Associate) was interviewed in a recent segment of OMNIA's In These Times podcast. The episode entitled, National Myths and Monuments, features a discussion on the movement to reexamine monuments and the history and myths they symbolize, and how we should think about the artworks in our public squares.
Tukufu Zuberi (PSC Research Associate) launched a new YouTube channel entitled, Curating National Narratives, which will feature his documentaries, African Independence; a history of ancient Sudan entitled, “Before Things Fell Apart” and “Decolonizing The Narrative,” a series on museums, reparations, restitution, and race. The YouTube channel will provide a space for critical engagement with how national narratives are told. Read more in Dosage Magazine.
Tukufu Zuberi (PSC Research Associate) was featured in a bonus episode of OMNIA's In These Times podcast about the recent attack on the capital building. Zuberi discusses the historical and sociological context of the attack and what comes next.
Tukufu Zuberi talks about why it was so critical to include contemporary art pieces as a part of advancing the conversation in Penn Today.
Tufuku Zuberi mentioned in Whyy, ABC, BizJournals and PhillyMag article on how the Penn museum is reimagining its African and Central American galleries with a modern view.
Tukufu Zuberi discussed Mandela’s legacy and his continuing impact today with Penn Today. It has been 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, elected as South Africa’s first black president after being imprisoned by the apartheid government for nearly three decades. “Nelson Mandela made an international call for taking steps to build a strong nation in South Africa and a strong continent of nations,” Zuberi says.
Tukufu Zuberi, Emilio Parrado and Hans-Peter Kohler are quoted in a new Omnia article: "The Past, Present, and Future of Human Migration."
Emilio Parrado and Tukufu Zuberi are featured in a video from the Immigration and Global Inequality Panel.
Tukufu Zuberi's summer reading list is featured in Omnia.
A new book by Tukufu Zuberi has been published - African Independence: How Africa Shapes the World (Rowman & Littlefield). The book, a complement to his award-winning documentary film, African Independence (2013) highlights the important role Africa has played in recent history, and the significant role it will continue to play in the future of America and the globe.
Tukufu Zuberi has been elected the 2015 President-Elect of the Association of Black Sociologists. The mission of the Association is "to build a tradition of scholarship and service, informed by the interests of historically disenfranchised groups in general and Black/African American people in particular."
Tukufu Zuberi commented on the racial divide in American churches after the shooting in Charleston, SC.
Tukufu Zuberi will speak at the Inaugural Symposium: The Future of Race and Science: Regression or Revolution? on April 11, 2014, which is discussed in the Penn Current.
Tukufu Zuberi is interviewed in an article entitled "The Teachable Moment," in the Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine.
Tukufu Zuberi interviewed about the life and legacy of the late Nelson Mandela in philly.com.
Tukufu Zuberi is interviewed about his new documentary, African Independence, on WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane program.
Tukufu Zuberi is interviewed for Philly.com.
Tukufu Zuberi has curated two major exhibitions on black history: “Tides of Freedom: African Presence on the Delaware River” and "Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster."
Tukufu Zuberi comments on his recent documentary and African Independence in USA Today.
Tukufu Zuberi's new film, African Independence, was highlighted in SAS Frontiers.
Tukufu Zuberi has been awarded two top honors at the recent San Diego Black Film Festival, including Best Documentary and Best Director, for his feature-length film titled African Independence. The film traces the story of the African continent since enslavement and colonization by Europeans.
Tukufu Zuberi contributes his thoughts about "communicative revolution" on The Huffington Post.
Tukufu Zuberi has published a blog about his recent visit to Africa on the Huffington Post.
Tukufu Zuberi discusses a version of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” that replaces a racial slur with “slave,” in the USA Today.
Tukufu Zuberi has been awarded the Oliver Cromwell Cox Prize for his book White Logic, White Methods: Racism and Methodology, see the Penn Almanac.