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Professor Cecil Foster spoke at McGill University as part of Black History Month programming. His talk explored how shifts in global and national politics are reshaping international and domestic orders and influencing the study of regions cultures and histories.

UB historian Lillian Williams has received the region’s most prestigious civic honor from the Buffalo History Museum, recognizing her lifelong dedication to uncovering and preserving African American history and heritage in Western New York.

Part of the National Votes for Women Trail, the marker pays tribute to Talbert’s role in the women’s suffrage movement.

Carl V. Granger Chair and professor of Africana and American Studies, Rinaldo Walcott, discusses his research on the global Black diaspora, his vision for UB’s Africana Studies program, and how Buffalo’s unique geography shapes his work.

Professor Mopelolade Ogunbowale, PhD, delivered a talk at King’s College London in the United Kingdom focused on Afrobeats as a major Afro-Atlantic cultural form. Her presentation, “Afrobeat Is Way Too Big,” examined how Afrobeats functions beyond musical style as a global movement shaped by history, performance, gender and power.