Peter Anomah-Kordieh K. has over seven years of experience in various fields in the disability development sector, and disability rights in particular. Currently, Peter K. is a program officer and human rights advocate for the …
Month: June 2016
Happy Father’s Day, Barack Obama
Obinna Ebirim of Nigeria has over four years’ experience in public health, clinical health, political technical assistance, social media health advocacy, youth development and leadership. He is currently a senior program officer for International Vaccine …
African Studies Program seeks interns for communications and office management
The African Studies Program is seeking students to fill two internship positions. The Communications Intern will gain on-the-ground experience in social media and to produce original content in consultation with our center’s leadership team. The …
A Much Anticipated Arrival
Meagan Doll is the Mandela Washington Fellowship program coordinator at UW-Madison and a recent graduate of the university’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The African Studies Program office has known for just over …
UW-Madison releases names, bios of African leaders to visit campus
The African Studies Program has released the names and biographies of 25 young African leaders who will spend six weeks on the UW-Madison campus as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship. The fellowship, sponsored by …
Get to know our Mandela Washington Fellows!
This summer, the African Studies Program will host 25 emerging African leaders through the Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), sponsored by the U.S. State Department. President …