Wole Soyinka and Chris Abani in conversation
Posted October 6, 2020
For those of you unable to attend the October 2 web event “Wole Soyinka and Chris Abani in Conversation,” a recording of the event...Profile PAS Blog
From the Archives: The Lion and the Jewel
Posted October 1, 2020
Saturday, May 10, 1969, you could purchase a $2 ticket ($1 if you were a Northwestern student!) to see the production of Wole Soyinka’s...
New acquisitions by the Herskovits Library
Posted September 29, 2020
by Esmeralda M. Kale, George & Mary LeCron Foster Curator of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies In addition to answering your...
In memoriam: Cosmas Magaya, Zimbabwean mbira master
Posted September 24, 2020
by LaRay Denzer, PAS Editor, Newsletter and working papers COVID-19 claimed the life of mbira virtuoso Cosmas Magaya of Zimbabwe on July 10. He...
Swahili Corner: Claudia M. Kalisa
Posted September 22, 2020
by Claudia M. Kalisa, Northwestern undergrad student I was born in Luxembourg but raised in Rwanda. I moved to the US for college in...
From the Herskovits Library of African Studies: Spotlight on Claude Barnett Research Collection
Posted September 17, 2020
by Florence Mugambi, Librarian, Herskovits Library of African Studies The Herskovits Library’s Claude Barnett Research Collection offers a window on 1950s–60s African affairs as...
PAS bookshelf: The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics
Posted September 15, 2020
The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics, University of Michigan Press, 2019 Evan Maina Mwangi (English) analyzes the importance of African writing to...
AfriSem conference explores “Africa’s Place in a Globalizing World”
Posted September 10, 2020
by Sasha Artamonova, art history graduate student and one of the 2020-21 coordinators of AfriSem We are very pleased to report the successful conclusion...
Swahili Corner: Welcome Nyanjala Maingu
Posted September 8, 2020
PAS welcomes Nyanjala Maingu, a Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant from Tanga, Tanzania, who will be involved in teaching and developing instructional materials for...
Celebrating D. Soyini Madison, a personal tribute
Posted September 3, 2020
by Karen Tranberg Hansen, professor emerita of anthropology We all regret missing what would have been the most fabulous retirement party in recent memory:...