Student reflections on their experience as Fulbright-Hayes awardees this summer in Kenya
Posted October 15, 2023
Swahili corner: Nick Bucciarelli writes “This was my first trip to Kenya, and my first to Africa. Kenyans are proud to be Africans,...Category: Students
PAS welcomes new visiting scholars
Posted October 10, 2023
PAS welcomes Arthur Banshayeko, popularly known as Arthur Ban, as Ama Ata Aidoo Visiting Scholar in the fall quarter. Arthur Banshayeko is a Burundian...
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...
Swahili corner
Posted February 18, 2023
By: Gabriel West I am in my second year of Swahili and my third year at Northwestern. I postponed taking a language course due...
On vigilance: the Pan-African Youth Conference Tangaaza series
Posted April 22, 2022
by Bengi Rwabuhemba, junior, Northwestern University The Pan-African Youth Conference (PAYC) is a student-led initiative that was conceived by students at the University 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...
The Revolution is Ours: Introducing the Pan-African Students’ Union
Posted January 20, 2022
by Bengi Rwabuhemba, junior, Northwestern University As a Freshman, I found the Alliance of African Scholars (AAS) to be one of the few spaces...
Swahili Corner: A personalized language experience
Posted June 14, 2021
by Nina Fridman, junior, Northwestern University When I first came to Northwestern, Weinberg’s six-class language requirement felt like a chore. I was uninterested in...
Afrisem Conference 2021: Africanist Knowledge that Agitates
Posted May 29, 2021
June 10-11 join the Northwestern graduate student group Africa Seminar (Afrisem), for their 2021 conference with keynote speakers Dr. Frank Mugisha (Executive Director, Sexual...