The Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change is presenting a seminar series this year entitled “Africa Is Not A Country”. This series aims to address the absent, inadequate, skewed, and inaccurate representation of Africa and African issues in global discourse.
About the Seminar
“Africa Is Not a Country” is a hybrid seminar series that aims to address the absent, inadequate, skewed, and inaccurate representation of Africa and African issues.
Fifth Seminar: It Is Not A Slum: It’s A Neighborhood: Informality in Urban Development and Transportation
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST

To attend online, please REGISTER HERE.
For more information and answers to questions, kindly email dasiedu@yorku.ca
All sessions in this series

Session 1: Genocides on the Margins, from Tigray to Congo to Sudan.
Wednesday, October 30, 12pm

Session 2: A Discussion on the Human and Environmental Costs of Oil in Nigeria
Wednesday, November 27, 12 PM

Session 3: It Is Not A Slum: It’s A Neighborhood: Informality in Urban Development and Transportation
February 27th 2025

Session 4: ‘It Is My Work! Intellectual Property and Glocalization in Africa’
Friday, April 4, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

Session 5: African Sounds: The Evolution of Afrobeats and Beyond’
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Upcoming