Celebrating diversity: Swahili students shine at campus festivals
Posted August 25, 2024
By: Zainab Momany Amidst the vibrant cultural exchange and celebration on our campus, I had the privilege of preparing...Category: PAS Spotlight
PAS sponsors new Voice from Exile podcast
Posted August 24, 2024
In December, alumnus Chernoh Bah (2023), founding editor of the Africanist Press, launched a new Voice from Exile podcast focusing on African issues. This...
Professor Will Reno named Payson S. Wild Chair of Political Science
Posted July 30, 2024
Will Reno was named the Payson S. Wild Chair of Political Science in an investiture ceremony held...
PAS participation at ASA San Francisco 2023
Posted July 19, 2024
Many PAS faculty and alumni participated in the annual African Studies Association meeting in San Francisco at the end of November and early December...
Remembering Jane Guyer
Posted July 17, 2024
By: Caroline Bledsoe Jane Isabel Guyer, who served as PAS Director and NU Professor of...
Student reflections on learning Swahili
Posted June 8, 2024
On June 2nd, 2004, I was born in the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Does that mean...
Student reflections on learning Swahili
Posted April 24, 2024
Lauren Gomez Without a doubt, embarking on my journey to learn Swahili has been one of my most enriching experiences...
In memoriam: Hannah Abeodu Bowen-Jones (1934-2023)
Posted October 16, 2023
by Florence Mugambi Hannah Abeodu Bowen-Jones died on July 9, 2023. Bowen-Jones was the first PhD in African history at Northwestern. Her 1962 dissertation...
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...
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...