The UW-Madison International Division has announced a February human rights reporting conference, sponsored by the Institute for Regional and International Studies and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. According to the release, the …
Two percussive acts are set to take the terrace stage on June 23. Kikeh Mato, an Afro-Pop band led by Mandjou Mara, and Limanya Drum and Dance Ensemble, will showcase traditional music and dance from …
Mandela Washington Fellowships have created a dramatic return on investment according to IREX CEO and president Kristin Lord in her recent article in The Hill. In the article, Lord points out the enormous amount of …
The African Studies Program is seeking 2-3 volunteers to help run the BIG STORIES + CLOSE (UP) RESEARCH: Health and Science in the African World conference on April 15th and 16th for one of the …
Register now for BIG STORIES + CLOSE (UP) RESEARCH: Health and Science in the African World. Hosted by the UW-Madison African Studies Program on April 15-16, this conference will explore the relationship between deeply grounded research …
Why study an African language? The African Studies Program invites you to show us your figurative flexibility by creating a pun, catchphrase or slogan to encourage your friends and neighbors to study an African language! …
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, will visit Madison on Friday, March 28 for a series of events including a conversation with middle- and high school students involved in the PEOPLE …
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Congolese rookie Packers linebacker Andy Mulumba, and actress and activist Emmanuelle Chriqui hosted a rally for the Enough Project’s Conflict Free Campus Initiative (CFCI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s …
Wisconsin faculty, students, and alumni participated in “Changing Course,” symposium on October 12, 2012, jointly hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program, the Department of African Languages and Literature, and the Language Institute. …
From the Division of International Studies Fatima Sadiqi, who founded a women’s NGO working on family law reforms and women’s rights in her native Morocco, will speak on “North African Women’s Rights in the Aftermath …