PAS bookshelf
Posted October 12, 2023
Dress Cultures in Zambia: Interwoven Histories, Global Exchanges, and Everyday Life (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023) Emerita Karen Tranberg Hansen (anthropology) distills five...Profile Kathirine
Quo vadis, America? US engagement with Africa in need of urgent reset
Posted October 12, 2023
by Musifiky Mwanasali Directives on US engagement with Africa After years of professing Africa’s irrelevance to its global agenda,...
PAS welcomes new visiting scholars
Posted October 10, 2023
PAS welcomes Arthur Banshayeko, popularly known as Arthur Ban, as Ama Ata Aidoo Visiting Scholar in the fall quarter. Arthur Banshayeko is a Burundian...
Augmented Curiosities virtual experience exhibit at the Herskovits
Posted October 8, 2023
“Augmented Curiosities: Virtual Play in African Pasts and Futures” is the Fall quarter exhibit at the Herskovits Library. It uses augmented and virtual reality...
Update on the African Poetry Digital Portal Collections
Posted October 7, 2023
by Esmeralda M. Kale The spring conference of the African Poetry Digital Portal was convened on April 27–29, 2023, at the University of Nebraska....
Recent additions to the Herskovits Library
Posted October 6, 2023
The archives of the historian Dr Jean Herskovits have recently been deposited at the Herskovits Library of African Studies. Jean was the daughter of...
In memoriam: Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023)
Posted October 3, 2023
by Chris Abani “Humans, not places, make memories.” – Ama Ata Aidoo The position of early postcolonial writers was a difficult one, navigating...
PAS participation in Ghana summer conferences
Posted October 1, 2023
Northwestern faculty and alumni made an impressive turnout at the 47th International Traditional Music World Conference and the Association for the Study of the...
In memoriam: Lansiné Kaba (1941-2023)
Posted October 1, 2023
by Marcia Tiede We were saddened by the unexpected loss of Lansiné Kaba on May 27 in Conakry, Guinea, the victim of a stroke...
Parallel Perspectives interview series highlights current
Posted August 23, 2023
By Kelly Coffey This fall, the Program of African Studies will release the video interview series “Parallel Perspectives.” With a focus on Africa...