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Presentation by Naeem Mohaiemen for The Ties that Bind: Waves of Pan-Africanism in Contemporary Art and Society at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago. Saturday, October 14, 2017 This panel considers the everyday politics and geopolitical dimensions of Pan-Africanism. Turning to the iconic figure of Muhammad Ali, who cultivated an internationalism that connected Black America with Africa and the Muslim Third World, artist and writer Naeem Mohaiemen considers the misgivings and misrecognitions of the famed boxer’s travels to Bangladesh in 1978. The Ties that Bind: Waves of Pan-Africanism in Contemporary Art and Society is a multiyear research project, public program, and online platform that explores the history of Pan-Africanism and its articulation in the art and culture of the contemporary African diaspora.