Stranded in Mauritania during COVID
Posted October 8, 2020
by Charlie Hummel, junior studying political science and economics at Northwestern University Spring quarter of my sophomore year I got the chance to work...Category: 2020
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...
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...
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...
PAS welcomes new director, Chris Abani
Posted September 1, 2020
Chris Abani, the Board of Trustees Professor of English, became director of the Program of African Studies in September.When he joined North-western in 2013,...