The African Studies Program seeks an Office Management Intern to assist with the day-to-day business of the center. Specific Duties Include: Serve as a professional representative of African Studies Program (ASP) to our faculty, staff, and external community. Respond promptly and professionally to ASP center email and direct inquiries to appropriate personnel within the program. …
By Kyra Fox When Shaban Senyange arrived in Madison, Wisconsin for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, he knew he wanted to do more than sit in a classroom. He wanted to engage with the broader Madison community on issues he cared about. “It’s no secret – I’m very passionate about conservation and …
Laurel Myers was still in elementary school when a shipment of goats to her family’s farm in Bridger, Montana, left everyone sick with fever. “So I grew up thinking of the connections between human and animal health,” she says. Thanks to the first Henry A. Anderson III Graduate Student Award in Environmental, Occupational and Public …
COURSE DESCRIPTION This class provides graduate students with an overview of the most foundational texts in critical-cultural studies, while also introducing them to some of the most cutting-edge research on digital media and its relationship to the social and the political. Throughout the course, students will think transnationally about the meaning of culture in the …
A new Wisconsin Public Radio interview titled, “Introducing Wisconsin To Some Of Africa’s Brightest Young Individuals,” showcases the associate director of UW–Madison’s African Studies program, Aleia McCord, as well as two Mandela Washington Fellows, Bridget Otoo (Ghana) and Shaban Senyange (Uganda). In the segment, Otoo and Senyange touch on their experiences in Madison as their …
A member of the U.S. Army Trial Defense Service, is seeking an individual capable of providing Mende to English interpretative services, with preference for a person with an innate understanding of the Sierra Leone culture. The interpreter is being sought for assistance with an upcoming courts-martial. This would require potentially 2 to 3 days of …
The U.S. Department of State is currently accepting applications for the Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS). The Virtual Student Federal Service is the largest virtual internship program in the world. This year it will offer 1,500 positions with 50+ federal agencies. VSFS offers unique mentoring and exposure to job opportunities within the U.S. government. Each …
Mandela Fellows reflect on their initial weeks in Madison By Kyra Fox Few buildings in Madison are filled with more geographic diversity than Ingraham Hall, where the 2018 class of Mandela Washington Fellows gathers for regular meetings. UW–Madison’s Mandela Fellows hail from sixteen countries across the African continent. They arrived to campus in June for …
By Kyra Fox This Thursday, the University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed 25 young African leaders to campus for the six-week Mandela Washington Fellowship, a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Doctors, journalists, government officials, lawyers and activists, the Fellows hail from 16 countries across the African continent. The African Studies Program has released the …
By Kyra Fox Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia hit the turf starting Thursday as the world’s most prestigious football (soccer) tournament began in Russia. Though no African team has yet won the World Cup, it is not for lack of grit or passion. The continent regularly boasts a strong showing and some of the …