Important Dates

Trauma – Slavery, Memory + Collective Healing

This event explores the enduring impacts of slavery, the role of memory, and pathways toward collective healing. Bringing together experts from academia and cultural practice, the lecture and panel aim to foster critical reflection and open the long overdue dialogue between Africa and the Diaspora.

Program:

5:00 PM – Keynote Lecture Dr. Joy DeGruy (Morehouse College, USA) Researcher, author, and educator Dr. Joy DeGruy’s research on trauma and the enduring legacies of American slavery provides a powerful framework for understanding how historical and contemporary anti-Blackness has shaped adaptive behaviors within African American communities and offers pathways toward collective healing. Her work also speaks to other communities that have experienced cultural assault and are engaged in processes of repair.

7:00 PM – Panel Discussion Joy Ufumaka (Slavery Museum Calabar, Nigeria) Curator and storyteller Mrs. Omaumi Joy-Jio Ufumaka is currently the Curator of the Slave History Museum Marina Resort Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria where she combines her work to advancing and expanding knowledge in the field of global slavery. Presently, she is fellow of The Alexander Rave Foundation at the Iwalewahaus in Bayreuth.

The event is open to all students, faculty, and interested members of the public. Access to the live stream is available via the QR code on the event poster or directly via: youtube.com/@fabricalux