The Africa Studies Program is hosting our annual DAY IN AFRICA, a high school outreach program where Wisconsin students explore a variety of Africa-related topics in sessions led by UW-Madison faculty, students, and staff. We …
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Course Spotlight: Journalism 822 – Theories of International Communication
Course Description This seminar focuses on the major theories of international communication, paying closest attention to “global” media technologies, institutions, and practices. Questions that we will explore: How do we define the “nation,” vs. the …
Course Spotlight: African 405 – Nollywood
Course Description Nollywood is the name that Nigerian filmmakers and audiences have adopted for a relatively new film industry, which began in the early 1990s with the emergence of “video films”—that is, feature-length films shot …
4 Elections in Africa You Should Know About
With the upcoming U.S. elections dominating the airwaves, here are four elections in Ghana, Somalia, Cote d’Ivoire and the DRC you may not know about, but you should. Ghana Ghana was the first African country …
Halloween – Africa Connections
Happy Halloween! Though Halloween has undergone a kind of Americanization in recent decades, its has a history in Christianity (All Hallow’s Eve before All Hallow’s Day) and a Celtic pagan festival called Samhain. However, similar reverence for …
Boren Awards: Funding for African Language Study and Research
The application for the 2017 Boren Awards is now open at www.borenawards.org! Boren Awards fund U.S. undergraduate and graduate language study and research abroad in world regions critical to U.S. national interests (including Africa, Asia, Central …
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 …
GHI highlights UW, African colleagues HIV/AIDS conversations
“When do you tell a child who was born with the virus that he is HIV-positive?” “What do you do when a patient has taken so many pills for so long that she refuses to …
Africa Online: Digital UW – Africa Resources
Sometimes we just can’t travel as often we would like. So while you can’t jump on a plane to (insert country of choice) right now, you can still live vicariously through and learn from other …