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First Ladies of Africa—Beyond Femocracy or Wifeism?

Posted on February 3, 2025

The International Journal of African Historical Studies (IJAHS) has published a special issue focused on the history of Africa’s first ladies. Guest edited by Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué, this issue originated from a Women’s Caucus-sponsored panel …

Posted in Books, Faculty, Publications

Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King of Kongo: Luís Madureira translates for biography

Posted on November 27, 2023

Professor of African Cultural Studies, Luís Madureira, joined historian John K. Thornton to write a biography on King Afonso I, the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo titled Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King …

Posted in Books, Faculty, Publications

New year brings new African studies library publications

Posted on January 16, 2018

The new year brings new works in the African Studies library collection! African Studies Bibliographer Emilie Songolo works hard to keep African Studies collections updated and replete with works from the African continent while supporting …

Posted in Books, Publications, Research

Africa in Our Lives: Edward L. Powe

Posted on January 25, 2016

While Edward Powe’s interest in Africa and the tropical world dates back to his graduate studies, creative endeavors like the development of his NGO and promotion of a Zulu board game suggest his interest does …

Posted in Africa in Our Lives, Alumni, Languages, Peace Corps, Publications, Travel

Africa in Our Lives: Stephen Pierce

Posted on September 14, 2015

Ph. D. candidate Stephen Pierce describes his love for teaching, his interest in the history of Islamic institutions in East Africa and what he’ll miss most about Madison, Wis. Pierce served as the African Studies …

Posted in Africa in Our Lives, Graduate Students, Publications

Bushmeat hunting affects health and biodiversity

Posted on June 1, 2015

UW-Madison researchers interviewed hunters and non-hunters in Southeast Nigeria to better understand disease transmission between people and wildlife. Their article, “Drivers of Bushmeat Hunting and Perceptions of Zoonoses in Nigerian Hunting Communities,” written by Sagan …

Posted in Publications, ResearchTagged bushmeat, disease, Sagan Friant, Sarah Paige, Tony Goldberg

Africa in Our Lives: Bethany Wilinski

Posted on August 6, 2014

Graduate student Bethany Wilinski came to Madison with an interest in Tanzanian education policy and will bring that passion to a faculty position at Michigan State University in January 2015. Field of study: Joint PhD …

Posted in Africa in Our Lives, Graduate Students, Outreach, Publications, Research, Travel

At 90 Kunene publishes books and will receive honorary degree

Posted on July 2, 2013

This year is proving to be an auspicious one for Daniel Kunene, professor emeritus of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A few months after celebrating his 90th birthday surrounded by a …

Posted in Faculty, PublicationsTagged Daniel Kunene, Department of African Languages and Literature

An African Studies Program monograph leads British journalist on an intercontinental documentary project

Posted on January 4, 2013

While researching the little-known history of “the Burma boys,” West African soldiers who fought in today’s Myanmar for the British during World War II, Barnaby Phillips, a correspondent for Al Jazeera and former BBC reporter, …

Posted in PublicationsTagged Barnaby Phillips, Burma Boys, David Killingray, film, Isaac Fadoyebo, monograph

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