Conducting fieldwork in Kiswahili
Posted October 20, 2022
By Shelby Mohrs One of the most significant steps toward ethical fieldwork for an archaeologist is learning the local language of the community you...Posted October 20, 2022
By Shelby Mohrs One of the most significant steps toward ethical fieldwork for an archaeologist is learning the local language of the community you...Posted September 25, 2022
Welcome, or as the Ibibio of Nigeria say, Emedi, which is incindentally the language of our inaugural Ama Ata Aidoo Visiting Arts Fellow, Wana...Posted September 21, 2022
The Program of African Studies, supported by the Office of Research, launches two new fellowships this fall quarter. They are the Ama Ata Aidoo...Posted September 20, 2022
PAS welcomes new Foreign Language Teaching Associate Faith Jebet Bitok. holds a BEd from Kenyatta University in Nairobi. She has also completed a short...Posted September 15, 2022
Northwestern’s Swahili program is part of what attracted me to the University. I knew I wanted to learn a nontraditional language and I had...Posted August 30, 2022
By Sidi Teguedi, 2022 Mandela Washington Fellow It was around midnight, the end of the last day of the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship group...Posted August 2, 2022
By Gene Kannenberg Selected posters on public health, travel and art from Herskovits Library As you travel...Posted August 1, 2022
Alumna Priscilla Adipa (sociology ‘17) has published two short stories: “Hope upon Hope” on Afritondo (afritondo.com/afritondo/hope-upon-hope) and “The Woman Across the Street” on AfricanWriter.com...Posted June 16, 2022
By Rebecca Shereikis, associate director of ISITA The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a $59,571 planning grant to Northwestern’s Institute for...Posted June 14, 2022
By Xena Amro A May 2022 workshop organized by ISITA and the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures at the University of Hamburg...