This brief guide from Boston University for understanding Boko Haram goes behind the headlines about “Islamic militants” to the more complicated story about poverty, corruption and Islam in Nigerian politics. The guide is divided into 8 …
Month: May 2014
Course Spotlight: First Semester Hausa
Course Description Hausa is a Chadic language (a branch of the Afro-Asiatic family) spoken by more than 34 million people in parts of Nigeria, Niger, and Chad, and as a trade language by another 18 …
African studies student presents for middle school
Africa studies student Kaylah Cruz Herrera shared her study abroad experience in Morocco with students at Madison’s Toki Middle School through the WIOC-Urban League initiative. Herrera, a sophomore political science major and African studies certificate …
Call for Submissions: African Languages and Literature Graduate Student Conference
The Department of African Languages and Literature is asking for paper submissions for their Graduate Student Seminar, “Mobility, Narrative, and Language.” The Graduate Student Conference will provide an academic opportunity for new discussions of mobility, …
Course Spotlight: Literature and Popular Culture in Africa
Course Description “Popular culture” as a category is a relatively new object of study in academia, and it has much to do with learning from the analysis of discourses that are unofficial, informal, or primarily …