On September 18, Dr. Alicia Lazarinni gave a talk on her research exploring contemporary and colonial investment in Africa. Dr. Lazarinni is an economic geographer whose interdisciplinary research engages geographical and feminist political economy, postcolonial African studies, urban studies, and… Read moreTalk with Dr. Alicia Lazarinni 🌍
On October 3, the Music Department, led by Prof. Benjamin Barson, organized a jazz concert at Bucknell’s Rooke Recital Hall, featuring jazz musicians Albert Marques and Keith Lamar. Keith Lamar is currently on death row at the Ohio State Penitentiary… Read moreFreedom First Performance
The Griot Institute recently hosted a film screening at the Campus Theatre in our downtown Lewisburg. The Pieces I Am is a documentary about renowned Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. In the documentary, Toni Morrison, alongside respectable figures… Read moreThe Pieces I am: Campus Theatre Film Screening
On February 21st, The Griot Institute welcomed Iyana Ife as a speaker for one of the spring series talks. Ayana Ife is a modest fashion designer with over fifteen years of experience dressing women of all sizes. She helps women… Read moreAyana Ife Lecture
In the spirit of MLK week, on January 21st, Rooke chapel, Gospel Choir, and Bucknell religious and spiritual life in collaboration with the griot institute hosted awonderful service at the chapel to Commemorate the Life and Legacy of the Rev…. Read moreM.L.K Week Event: Gospel Choir
The Griot recently hosted their first book club discussion, reading Rest to Resistance by Tricia Hersey. The book questions the consequences of prioritizing productivity as the measure of success, critiquing the damaging pace imposed by capitalism, which mirrors historical exploitation…. Read moreRest is Resistance Book Group
