Ali Baba Sanchi’s Bio Ali Baba Sanchi is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Anthropology, at UW-Madison. He already has obtained a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology section of the department of Anthropology last …
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CASH Events: Spring 2024
January 8th Pinney Public Library 3-4:30pm Nana Akua Goes to School (Ghana) Written by: Tricia Elam Walker Illustrated by: April Harrison January 22nd Pinney Public Library 3-4:30pm Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace …
Report from the 2024 Tejumola Olaniyan International Student Travel Awardee: Nneoma Onwuegbuchi
I am grateful to the African Studies Program for funding my research trip from June 3rd to August 13th, 2023, to several Nigerian cities. At private and secure locations, I interviewed several middle- and upper-class …
The African Wedding Experience
By 2023-2024 ASA E-board Leadership team led by Tumi and Aramide Location: Tripp Commons, Memorial Union Date & Time: May 2nd, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm What is the core mission of the African Students …
Report from the 2023 Tejumola Olaniyan International Student Travel Awardee: Oluwayinka Arawomo
Awardee’s Bio Oluwayinka Arawomo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Composition and Rhetoric program in the Department of English. Her dissertation explores Nigerian women’s sexual discourses as rhetorical practices, using theories of feminist and digital …
Summer Course Spotlight: International Studies 401
International Studies 401:Refugees and Forced Migration in Africa Instructor: Lisa Maria De Sousa Dias Email: desousadias@wisc.edu Requisites: Sophomore standing Credits: 3.00-4.00 credits Level: Intermediate Modes of instruction: Online
Deadline 31/01/2024 | PhD Position in Afrofuturist Mediascapes
The Center for Literacy and Intermedial Crossings Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has announced a doctoral research vacancy in Afrofuturist Mediascapes among two others. This position is part of the ERC research group …
Spring 2024 Africa at Noon Events
January 31st Listening Session and Welcome Lunch Hosted by Marissa Moorman Faculty Director of the African Studies Program, UW-Madison Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 February 7th Forest Imaginaries: How …
New Deadline | Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Africa: Past, Present, and Future
Canadian Association of African Studies 2024 Annual Conference Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Africa: Past, Present, and Future McGill University, Montreal, Canada June 12 -June 16, 2024 New Proposal Submission Deadline: January 5, 2024 ! …
Course Spotlight: History 861
History 861: Health, Medicine and Healing in Africa Instructor: Neil Kodesh 1-3 Credits Level: Advanced (graduate seminar) R 1:20-3:15 p.m. Open to graduate students. Requisites: none Course Description: This course will examine the historical and anthropological literature …