February 26: Wellness, Health and Healing in the Black Community: A Wholistic Approach

Please join the Department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles as we welcome long-time community organizer, peace activist and Watts native, AQEELA SHERRILLS as he discusses a vision and plan to move Black people...and all people...towards spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical healing.

The event will be held on Tuesday, February 26 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the Los Angeles Room on the 3rd floor of the University Student Union.  

Fore more information and to RSVP please see the event on Facebook

Winter 2013: African Hip Hop Film Series

The Pan African Studies department, along with the Cross Cultural Centers, will host an African hip hop films series that highlights hip hop scenes from all over Africa, including Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.  

All films will be shown at 6:15 pm in the U-SU theature, on the first floor of the University Student Union.

Coz ov Moni: January 23 (45mins/2010/Director: King Luu): The Pidgen language hip hop musical film stars the hip hop duo "FOKN Bois" (Wanlov the Kubolor & M3nsa). The comedy follows the duo as they go through an average day in Accra, Ghana, scheming to get over. The film depicts the trouble the duo gets into as all of their scheming catches up to them.

Hip Hop Colony: January 30 (90mins/2006/Director: Michael Wanguhu): Experience the burgeoning new beats of East African hip-hop as this documentary takes you to Kenya to meet the musicians behind both "genge" music and Kenyan hip hop. Highlights include performances and behind-the-scenes interviews.

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar: February 13 (66mins/2009/Nomadic Wax Production): The film is about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar, Senegal. The film is set before, during and after the controversial 2007 presidential election in Senegal and examines hip-hop's role in the political process. The documentary shows the connections between hip-hop activism, video journalism and documentary film and explores the role of youth and musical activism on the political process.

Diamonds in the Rough: February 27 (62mins/2007/Director: Brett Mazurek): A documentary about a group of young people from Uganda who use the poetry of Hip Hop to spread their revolutionary message of hope and change.

United States of Africa: Beyond Hip Hop: March 6 (75mins/2012/Director: Yanick Letourneau): The film draws the viewer into one artist's profound meditation on the power of music and the impact of political engagement-both individual and collective. A hopeful and compelling portrait of a continent whose politically aware youth is refusing to accept the role of victim, the film is a call for Africans to rise up, take a stand and take control of their continent and their destiny.