Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please check back here on the events calendar or the Africology and African American Studies website, for the new date! 

Please join Africology and African American Studies PhD Student Chinedu Agbo, as he attempts to break the Guinness Book of World Record for the longest history lesson taught! He will be teaching History for 30 straight hours. He will begin this challenge Thursday, April 30 at 3pm, teaching until Friday, May 1 at 9pm.

This history lesson will cover:

• The Hellenistic Period (between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE and the emergence of the Roman Empire)
• Kemet (the ancient Egypt with Ma'at as their societal living guideline)
• Afrika as the cradle of humanity and human civilization, Afrikan American history (from Maafa like the middle passage through enslavement, Afrocentricity, Afrofuturism, Afroglobalism, Afronationalism, Pan-Afrikanism) and ending with
• History of Black Consciousness and Culture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chinedu stated that his motivation for attempting to break this record is:

We now live in a world of short attention soundbites, where history can easily be thwarted to fit a narrative. This record is a rebellion against historical revisionism. It is a marathon of knowledge to show that true history is key to our true essence and existence as a people and I hope to bring this awareness, preserve and promote consciousness to true history by inspiring fellow students, teachers and institutions to pursue and stick to history fidelity.

You don’t want to miss this, stop by at any time! All are welcome!