Conference Program

Monday, May 19th

9:00-9:30 Registration / Check-in

9:30-11:15 The Ummah and Pan-African Solidarities

  • Abbas Muntaqim (The People’s Program)

  • Rabiat Akande (University of Maryland)

  • Alfousseynou Badji (Bureau de Recherche et D’Études Stratégiques-OCTAGONE)

  • Mamarame Seck (Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire)

    • Moderator: Samiha Rahman (California State University-Long Beach)

11:15-11:30 Break

11:30-13:15 Sacred Cities and Black Muslimah Geographies of Belonging

  • Angelica Lindsey-Ali (Village Auntie) 

  • Lakya Goss (Michigan State University)

  • Kameelah Mu'Min Oseguera (Omar Ibn Said Institute)

  • Rashida James-Saadiya (Muslim Power-Building Project)

  • Sayyida Kubra Askari-Cissé (African American Islamic Institute Legacy Academy, Medina Baye)

    • Moderator: Tasneem Siddiqui (Drexel University)

13:15-14:45 Dhuhr/Lunch

14:45-16:30 Qur’anic Philosophies of Freedom

  • Oludamini Ogunnaike (University of Virginia)

  • Maryam Kashani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

  • Rudolph Bilal Ware (University of California-Santa Barbara)

  • Imam Lamin Jabbie (Sankoré Institute, Masjid President Adama Barrow, Gambia)

  • Martin Nguyen (Fairfield University)

    • Moderator: Bryon Bilal Maxey (University of Toronto)

16:30-18:00 Asr / Break

Malcolm X Commemoration

18:00 Opening Reception & Remarks

  • Fatima Siwaju (University of Virginia) &

  • Samiha Rahman (California State University-Long Beach)

18:15 Remarks from Museum Director

  • Prof Mohamed Ly (Musée des Civilisations Noires)

18:30 Keynote Address : “West African Tasawwuf as Black Radical Tradition”

  • Prof Cheikh Anta Babou (University of Pennsylvania)

19:00 Commemorative Performances

19:30 Dinner

Tuesday, May 20th

9:30-11:00 Islam, Art, and Pan-Africanism

  • Amadou Kane Sy (Galerie Yalla Yanna, Dakar)

  • Moshana Ali (Galerie Yalla Yanna, Dakar)

  • Laylah Amatullah Barrayn (Rutgers University-Newark)

  • Serigne Madzoo (RBS Crew / AeroSoul, Dakar)

    • Moderator: Saquib Usman (University of Hawaiʻi - Mānoa)

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:45 Islam, Politics and Black Liberation

  • Khalid Alexander (Pillars of the Community, San Diego) 

  • Sohail Daulatzai (University of California-Irvine)

  • Junaid Rana (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

    • Moderator: Lamin Manneh (University of London)

12:45-13:00 Break

13:00-14:00 Mapping Malcolm (Book Talk with Najha Zigbi-Johnson)

  • Moderator: Fatima Siwaju (University of Virginia)

14:00-15:30 Dhuhr/Lunch

15:30-17:00 Teaching Malcolm X

  • Sharif El-Mekki (Center for Black Educator Development)

  • Iman AbdoulKarim (Yale University)

  • Rebecca Hankins (Texas A&M University)

  • Wendell Hassan Marsh (Rutgers University-Newark)

    • Moderator 1: Aminah Al-Deen (Black American Muslim Internationalism Project)

    • Moderator 2: Youssef Carter (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

17:00 Asr & Attaya

Wednesday, May 21st

9:30-11:30 Elder Roundtable: “Native Deen: Africana Repertoires of Resistance”

  • Imam Khalid Griggs (Community Mosque of Winston-Salem)

  • Dhoruba Bin Wahad (Black Panther Party, USA / Ghana)

  • Talibah Shakur (Black Panther Party, USA)

  • Viola Vaughn (Women’s Health Education and Prevention Strategies Alliance / 10,000 Girls, Kaolack)

  • Rhonda Muhammad (As Salaam Islamic Center—Raleigh)

    • Moderator: Rasul Miller (University of California-Irvine)

11:30-11:45 Break

11:45-13:45 Elder Roundtable: “Revolution & Community Effort in Latin America and the Caribbean”

  • Farid Scoon (Imam-e-Zamana Mission, Trinidad & Tobago) 

  • Selima Siwaju (Imam-e-Zamana Mission, Trinidad & Tobago) 

  • Kwesi Atiba (Islamic Resource Society, Trinidad & Tobago)

  • Kumba Atiba (Islamic Resource Society,Trinidad & Tobago) 

  • Abdul Karim Orobio (Al Kauthar Islamic Center, Colombia)

    • Moderator: Fatima Siwaju (University of Virginia)

13:45-15:15 Dhuhr/Lunch

15:15-16:45 Closing Address: “Beyond Babylon: Black Muslim Futures” 

  • Angelica Lindsey-Ali (Village Auntie)

  • Dhoruba Bin Wahad (Black Panther Party)

16:45-17:00 Final Remarks 

17:00 Asr & Attaya

  • Halaqa with Imam Fode Drame (Zawiyah Foundation)

Thursday, May 22nd

Group Gorée Island trip. Minimal cost / lunch will be covered by participants themselves. Time TBA.

Ziyara Excursion to Medina Baye. (May 22-24.) Costs covered by participants. Click here for more information.