Richard Joseph Learning Centre established in Lagos
Posted October 16, 2025
On February 7, 2025, the Lagos-based Nigerian Institute of International Affairs honored Richard Joseph, a former PAS director and John Evans Emeritus Professor of...Profile PAS Blog
Akin Ogundiran establishes the Material History Lab at Northwestern
Posted October 16, 2025
Professor Akin Ogundiran has inaugurated the Material History Lab at Northwestern. It is an interdisciplinary site for researching and teaching about objects and what...
PAS participation at ASA Chicago 2024
Posted October 16, 2025
By LaRay Denzer, PAS editor of newsletter and working papers Our PAS community, comprising faculty, graduate students, staff, and alumni, actively participated in the...
Message from PAS Director Chris Abani
Posted October 6, 2025
There is a modern Igbo proverb that translates to “lies sound more convincing in English.” The origin of this is probably in the experience...
On vigilance: the Pan-African Youth Conference Tangaaza series
Posted April 22, 2022
by Bengi Rwabuhemba, Northwestern undergraduate student The Pan-African Youth Conference (PAYC) is a student-led initiative that was conceived by students at the University of...
The highest bidder won Gambia’s presidential elections
Posted March 31, 2022
by Lamin Kieta, Northwestern graduate student Gambian president Adama Barrow won a second term in the December 4, 2021, presidential election. According toresults released...
The poetry of Comfort Food; As memory, mothering and reclamation
Posted February 23, 2022
The final video of the 4-part video series Reclaiming the Tongue, curated by journalist and poet Wana Udobang, is now available. “The poetry of...
Swahili class at Harambee 2022
Posted February 21, 2022
by Janet Ochieng, Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant for Swahili A clip of students performing “Wageni Wako Wapi.” To join in Black History Month...
Erasing the Borders
Posted February 16, 2022
Video 3 of the 4-part video series Reclaiming the Tongue, curated by journalist and poet Wana Udobang, is now available. Nigerian food blogger and...
Unearthing connectedness; a journey through memory and place-making
Posted February 9, 2022
“Unearthing connectedness; a journey through memory and place-making” by Ozoz Sokoh (Kitchen Butterfly), is the second installation of the Reclaiming the Tongue video series,...