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Dr. Alhaji N’jai, a UW-Madison Research Fellow with the Department of Pathological Sciences, discusses Ebola and its contributing factors in West Africa on The Progressive. N’jai argues that while Ebola is a very deadly disease, …

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with UW-Madison alum and Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield about what the U.S. is doing to help find more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko …

The UW-Madison College of Letters & Science featured former African Studies director Jim Sweet and faculty member Serverino Albuquerque as they discuss Brazilian social unrest amidst the hype of the World Cup. Serverino Albuquerque is …

UW-Madison Libraries and Emilie Songolo, senior academic librarian and bibliographer for the African Studies Program,  are excited to highlight books on African soccer in anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The internationally celebrated …

While most students put down textbooks for the summer months, some choose to study global languages and cultures right here in Madison. The Arabic, Persian and Turkish Languages Immersion Program (APTLII) brings students and professionals …

Each year, the Language Institute publishes the World Languages Almanac, which provides up-to-date information on language course opportunities for advising units across campus and is especially useful during SOAR. Advisors and students report that the booklet …

Africa studies student Kaylah Cruz Herrera shared her study abroad experience in Morocco with  students at Madison’s Toki Middle School through the WIOC-Urban League initiative. Herrera, a sophomore political science major and African studies certificate …

The Department of African Languages and Literature is asking for paper submissions for their Graduate Student Seminar, “Mobility, Narrative, and Language.” The Graduate Student Conference will provide an academic opportunity for new discussions of mobility, …