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Africa in Our Lives

Africa In Our Lives: Awa Maïga

Posted on March 28, 2023

Awa Maïga is a Master of International Public Affairs (MIPA), Candidate at UW-Madison, The La Follette School of Public Affairs. She is the former Executive Director at Leading Change Africa, the current president of Leading Change …

Posted in Africa in Our Lives, Graduate StudentsTagged africa, graduate students

Africa In Our Lives: Katie Krueger

Posted on March 17, 2023

Katie Krueger is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she teaches Marketing in the Digital Age and Consumer Behavior. She graduated from UW-Madison Wisconsin School of Business with her MBA in Entrepreneurship. …

Posted in Africa in Our LivesTagged africa

Africa In Our Lives: Mosa Leteane

Posted on December 12, 2022

Mosa Leteane is a Fulbright Scholar from South Africa. She is a Law graduate from the University of the Free State. As a Mandela Rhodes Scholar, Mosa is passionate about education, leadership, and law. Her research is aimed …

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Africa In Our Lives: Joel Baraka and Anson Liow

Posted on December 5, 2022

Joel Baraka is a former King Morgridge Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (’22) who graduated with a bachelor’s in Civil Engineering degree and currently working full-time as a project engineer for CG Schmidt Inc. Anson …

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Africa In Our Lives: Representative Samba Baldeh

Posted on November 28, 2022

Representative Samba Baldeh is the Wisconsin State Representative in the 48th Assembly District. What is your background? I am a native of The Gambia, in Western Africa. I emigrated to the States a little bit over …

Posted in Africa in Our Lives, Outreach

Africa In Our Lives: Kimberly Rooney

Posted on October 24, 2022

Kimberly Rooney is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of French and Italian, and her research focuses on representations of the School in sub-Saharan African novels written in French and the de/coloniality of this specific educational …

Posted in Africa in Our Lives, Graduate Students, Uncategorized

The 2022 Jordan Prize Winner

Posted on October 3, 2022

Vincent R. Ogoti is Andrew W. Mellon Public Humanities Fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in African Cultural Studies and History. He was the inaugural African Studies Program Fellow at UW-Madison and a Fulbright Fellow at …

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Africa in Our Lives: Ayodeji Adegbite

Posted on May 9, 2022

Ayodeji is a Ph.D. student in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses generally on the history of health, infectious diseases, and environmental and social change in Africa. …

Posted in Africa in Our Lives, Uncategorized

Africa in Our Lives: Kevin Wamalwa

Posted on April 11, 2022

Kevin Wamalwa is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and African Cultural Studies. He was a Mellon Public Humanities Fellow for the 2020-2021 academic year, and he is currently a Teaching Fellow for Africa 277: An …

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Appreciating African Studies Teaching Fellows: Vincent R. Ogoti

Posted on April 4, 2022

The African Studies Teaching Fellows program gives students the opportunity to develop and teach an online course for the International Studies major. As part of the program, fellows receive pedagogical training and support as well …

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