Course Description Hausa is a Chadic language (a branch of the Afro-Asiatic family) spoken by more than 34 million people in parts of Nigeria, Niger, and Chad, and as a trade language by another 18 million people throughout West Africa (especially Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire), Central Africa (Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial …
Samty Xiong, a senior majoring in International Studies and African Languages and Literature with a certificate in Middle East studies, discusses how her university experiences and opportunities have opened doors for her future. From raising breast cancer awareness with her sorority to using her Arabic studies during a study abroad semester in Jordan, Xiong credits …
The African Studies Program is sad to report the death, at age 94, of the African Studies Program’s founding Assistant Director Marj Harris who was known for her administrative competence, sharp mind and devotion to ASP. To a considerable degree, ASP as an academic unit and as a social world thrived during its formative years because …
Karen Williams is an American author of children’s literature whose Peace Corps-Malawi experience continues to shape the way she writes, parents and lives. Williams recently participated in a teacher workshop in Eau Claire, Wis. The African Studies Program caught up with her while she was in Madison. Hometown: Chinle, AZ (I have a house in Pittsburgh, …
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), a unit in the UW‐Madison International Division, anticipates offering up to four graduate student project assistantships for the duration of the 2015‐16 academic year. The African Studies Program is a unit of IRIS. Graduate students whose academic work focuses on some aspect of regional and international studies, who anticipate careers that …
Summer Stories from Africa is a series of fresh reflections from our students, faculty, and alumni researching and studying on the continent. Bethany Wilinski shares her experiences conducting field research for the first time with her family in Moshi, Tanzania. Wilinski received her Ph.D in Educational Policy Studies and Curriculum & Instruction from the University of …
Enough: The Project to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity is hiring! Enough is a Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization that “seeks to build leverage for peace and justice in Africa by helping to create real consequences for the perpetrators and facilitators of genocide and other mass atrocities.” Policy Analyst, Democratic Republic of Congo …
Summer Stories from Africa is a series of fresh reflections from our students, faculty, and alumni researching and studying on the continent. Ellen Geisler is currently working as a Peace Corps Response volunteer in Comoros, a small island nation between the African continent and Madagascar, where she is introducing beekeeping skills to Comorian men and women. …
Though graduate student Adeola Agoke misses the warm weather and food of Nigeria, her time as a Yoruba language T.A. has shaped her understanding of American culture and her plans for the future. Field of study: African Linguistics and Pedagogy Hometown: Arigidi Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria What is your favorite activity around Madison? I enjoy …
Course Description “Internationalizing education” means both that education internationalizes our thinking and the ways we perceive the world, and that the field of education can be internationalized. The course will introduce students to various educational systems around the world, focusing on similarities and dissimilarities in what is taught. The course discussions will center on curriculum …