Over the next few weeks, the African Studies Program will profile several presenters for our upcoming conference, PLEASURE AND THE PLEASURABLE in Africa and the African Diaspora. The first of these profiles features Professor Akin …
Africa in Our Lives
Africa In Our Lives: Caitlin Tyler-Richards
When she’s not writing her dissertation on Nigerian literature, Caitlin Tyler-Richards can probably be found working on Africacartoons.com or dreaming of escaping Wisconsin winters. She shares how she first became enthralled by African literature, and …
Africa in Our Lives: Meagan Doll
Meagan Doll, a recent graduate from the UW-Madison School of Journalism and beloved staff member at the African Studies Program, spent a summer interning with Save the Mothers in Uganda. She shares a day in …
Africa in Our Lives: Kevin Gibbons
This summer, the African Studies Program is offering several Undergraduate Internship Awards for students completing a summer internship at one of four approved programs in Africa. We spoke to Kevin Gibbons, the executive director at …
Africa in Our Lives: Tess Kolker
Tess Kolker is a current UW Junior studying for the year in Morocco. Field of Study: International Studies, Political Studies Hometown: Chatham, NJ What brought you to UW- Madison? I visited Madison for the first …
Africa in Our Lives: Abigail Cook
Abigail Cook is a Masters student in the Water Resources Management Program and also the new Peace Corps Recruiter at UW-Madison. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal for nearly four years. Field of Study: …
Africa in Our Lives: Kyra Fox
Kyra Fox is a UW Junior studying International Studies and Psychology with an African Studies Certificate. She is currently studying in Gulu, Uganda on a program focused on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in …
Africa in Our Lives: Amy Stambach
Amy Stambach is a cultural anthropologist whose interests vary from China-Africa relations to environmental sustainability in Tanzania. She shares travel memories, new research and three new courses in this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES. Field of …
Africa in Our Lives: Kate Hamoonga
From Zambia to Tanzania to South Africa, Study Abroad Advisor Kate Hamoonga has had diverse experiences in sub-Saharan Africa and now helps UW-Madison students do the same. Field of study: Education Hometown: Madison, WI What …
Africa in Our Lives: Sam England
Assistant Professor of Arabic Sam England spent part of his childhood in Egypt, but it wasn’t until college that he jumped headfirst into the study of Arabic. He shares the lessons from ancient poetry and …