Author: Bianca A. Murillo
Los Angeles Book Talk & Signing
Los Angeles, CA | Book Talk and Signing
African Studies Association Annual Meeting 2017
Market Encounters makes its first debut at ASA 2017 in Chicago
Ohio University Press Exhibition: New African Histories Series
Also see: Ohio Short Histories of Africa
Market Encounters coming Fall 2017!
L.A. as Subject: The 7th Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar
Representing California State University, Dominguez Hills and the History Department at L.A. as Subject, featuring over 80 different historical collections and archives across Southern California.
USC’s Doheny Memorial Library
Details on LA as Subject and the Archives Bazaar can be found here
Decolonizing the Archive
How can we archive capitalism? How do we write it’s history? Speaking on capitalist imperialism and the search for “archival moments” at the 2016 NWSA in Montréal, Québec
The African Democracy Project 2016 at Wayne State
Thank you to Professor Hart, President Emeritus Reid, and the Wayne State University students in Detroit for the warm welcome. Follow these fantastic people as they travel to Ghana for this year’s election and listen to our discussion here.
Talking Gender, Race, and Capitalism at Colby College
Graves Award in the Humanities
My new research and teaching project “Trans-Saharan History: Centering Connectivity in African Studies” wins the 2016 Graves. The Graves Award is sponsored by Pomona College, with oversight from the American Council of Learned Society (ACLS). Its intent is to encourage and reward outstanding research and teaching in the humanities.

Trans-Saharan Trade routes, 15th century
Public History/African History Lecture & Performance
Organized in collaboration with students in my Expressive Cultures in African History course. We welcome Professor Chikowero and Thomas Mapfumo “The Lion of Zimbabwe” & The Blacks Unlimited this month!