“We are Alive”: Narrating memories of traumatization Among IDPs in Host Communities in Zamfara state of Northwest, Nigeria

Ali Baba Sanchi

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Goodman South Library, 2222 South Park St., Madison, WI 53713 
@ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
https://africa.wisc.edu/africa-talks/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers: Ali Baba Sanchi and Voronica Bading

Time: 5pm – 6:30pm CST

Venue: Goodman South Library, 2222 South Park St., Madison, WI 53713 

Speaker’s Bio:

Ali Baba Sanchi is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at UW-Madison. He hails from Nigeria, where he earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Linguistics. His PhD research focuses on the cultural manifestations of trauma among the victims of Boko Haram’s insurgency, banditry, and kidnapping in northwest Nigeria. Also, he is interested in examining forceful migration, people’s memories of violence, trauma, and their experiences as internally displaced within the northern region of Nigeria.

Voronica Bading is a Madison community leader and refugee advocate