Honoring Teju's Legacy

Highlights of Event

Faculty Panel
Luncheon Welcome Address by Dean of College of Letters and Science, Eric Wilcots
Keynote by Biodun Jeyifo, Emeritus Professor of African and African American Studies and of Literature and Comparative Literature at Harvard University

Hotel Information

Instructions: Please email hello@olaniyanfoundation.org for information about hotel reservations by March 02, 2022.

Double Tree by Hilton

525 W Johnson St.

Madison, WI 53703

(608) 251 - 5511

Hyatt Place Madison/Downtown

333 W Washington Ave.

Madison, WI 53703

(608) 257 - 2700

Fluno Center for Executive Education

601 University Ave.

Madison, WI 53715

(877) 773 - 5866

Sheraton Madison Hotel

706 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53713

(608) 251-2300

Airport Information

Dane County Regional

Airport

(MSN)

4000 International Ln,

Madison, WI 53704

Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

(MWK)

5300 South Howell Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53207

O'Hare International Airport

(ORD)

10000 W O'Hare Ave,

Chicago, IL 60666

Schedule

Day of Event
Saturday, April 9th, 2022

Celebration and Launching of the Tejumola Olaniyan Foundation
By Invitation Only

Monona Terrace Community

and Convention Center

1 John Nolen Dr.

Madison, WI

53703

9:00am to 3:00pm

(Optional) - Group visit to Highland memory gardens

Highland Memory Garden

3054 County Rd BB, Madison, WI 53718

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Evening Reception
(Featuring Live Music by "The Chicago Afrobeat Project")

Madison Senior Community Center

330 W Mifflin St.

Madison WI

53703

6:30pm - 9:30pm

Related Events

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Wednesday, April 6th, 2022

Monday, April 11th, 2022

12:00pm - 1:00pm

5:00pm

Africa at Noon

Tejumola Olaniyan
Memorial Lecture

African Studies Program
UW Madison

Guest Speaker:
Professor Catherine Cole

Center for the Humanities
UW Madison

Guest Speaker:
Professor Ato Quayson