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 Badgers – students, alumni and faculty – who are keeping us up to date. Here are six online resources to …
1. Learn with world-class professors. We are lucky to be at a university with so many professors that focus their work on Africa. In fact, UW–Madison has one of the oldest and most established centers of African studies in the world. This draws faculty across a range of disciplines to UW – over 71 are affiliated with the African …
Mandela Washington Fellowships have created a dramatic return on investment according to IREX CEO and president Kristin Lord in her recent article in The Hill. In the article, Lord points out the enormous amount of social change occurring throughout Africa. More than 20 countries around the world are holding elections this year and more than …
Amy Stambach is a cultural anthropologist whose interests vary from China-Africa relations to environmental sustainability in Tanzania. She shares travel memories, new research and three new courses in this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES. Field of Study: Cultural Anthropology Hometown: York, Pennsylvania What brought you to Madison? UW–Madison is a Tier 1 Research University with highly …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison News highlighted the Mandela Washington Fellowship on campus this summer. UW–Madison was among 36 universities selected as hosts for the Mandela Washington Fellowship in summer 2016. The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, begun in 2014, is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). MWF brings …
Project 1808, a Madison-based non-profit which works in Sierra Leone, seeks a Senegal Program Coordinator and project interns. Project 1808 is dedicated to improving community livelihood and technical capacity in Sierra Leone through school, community projects and global partnerships. Currently they support over 400 students in Kabala, Koinadugu, Sierra Leone where they provide scholarships, after-school …
From Zambia to Tanzania to South Africa, Study Abroad Advisor Kate Hamoonga has had diverse experiences in sub-Saharan Africa and now helps UW–Madison students do the same. Field of study: Education Hometown: Madison, WI What brought you to Madison? I moved to Madison from the UK with my family when I was 5. I grew …
Course Description Dr. Ciraj Rassool, a scholar-in-residence at the Center for the Humanities, will teach a three week, one-credit seminar course open to graduate students at UW–Madison, on the topic of Changing History, Changing Museums: Contests and Debates from South Africa. Enrollment Details History 753: Changing History, Changing Museums: Contests and Debates from South Africa …
2016 Mandela Washington Fellow Sicily Mburu was recently featured in She Leads Africa, a popular online resource for women’s career and business advice. She writes about women in public health and believes “there is a potential public health specialist in every young woman.” Mburu is from Kenya and recently spent six weeks at UW–Madison, completing …
Assistant Professor of Arabic Sam England spent part of his childhood in Egypt, but it wasn’t until college that he jumped headfirst into the study of Arabic. He shares the lessons from ancient poetry and prose and why students should take risks when it comes to learning a language. Field of Study: Arabic Literature and …