Seminar

Africa & the Lusophone World

  • Online
  • 14:00-15:00

The history and legacies of the common cultural and language ties of Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa will be discussed and understood in our 21st century context, in coincidence with the International Day of Portuguese Language and Culture.

Africa & the Lusophone World

On the International Day of Portuguese Language and Culture, an occasion celebrated all across the Lusophone world, Canning House gathers together a panel of academics to explore the history and legacies of the common cultural and language ties of Brazil, Portugal and the countries of Lusophone Africa.

With this discussion we hope to achieve a renewed understanding of the Lusophone world for our 21st century context – acknowledging and overcoming colonial legacies, celebrating contemporary Lusophone culture and dispelling popular myths, and examining these nations’ economic and political ties of today.

This event will be presented on Zoom.

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Our panel

Chair:

Dr Vinicius de Carvalho

Senior Lecturer, Brazil Institute, War Studies, King’s College London

Speakers:

Nayanka Paquete Perdigao

Research Associate at the African Leadership Centre, King's College London

Dr Felipe Botelho Correa

Senior Lecturer in Brazilian, Portuguese and Lusophone African Studies, King's College London; affiliate of the King's Brazil Institute; editor-in-Chief of Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies

Nicolas Lippolis

PhD Candidate at University of Oxford; researcher at the Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance

More information will be published shortly...

Event Agenda

  • Africa & the Lusophone World

  • Words of welcome from Cristina Cortes, Canning House CEO

  • Introduction of event and speakers with Dr Vinicius de Carvalho

  • Overview of historical links of the Lusophone world with Nayanka Paquete Perdigao

  • Cultural legacies between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa with Dr Felipe Botelho Correa

  • Rhetoric and reality in Africa's economic ties with the Lusophone world with Nicolas Lippolis

  • Questions & Answers

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