Community News
Posted October 21, 2025
ISITA and PAS congratulate Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza on his appointment as the vice chancellor of Northwest University in Sokoto, Nigeria. He was a...Category: Uncategorized
Lovejoy presents his papers to the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Posted October 21, 2025
By Esmeralda M. Kale, Librarian Paul E. Lovejoy is Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus, Department of History, York University, and Fellow of the Royal Society...
Akin Ogundiran establishes the Material History Lab at Northwestern
Posted October 16, 2025
Professor Akin Ogundiran has inaugurated the Material History Lab at Northwestern. It is an interdisciplinary site for researching and teaching about objects and what...
PAS participation at ASA Chicago 2024
Posted October 16, 2025
By LaRay Denzer, PAS editor of newsletter and working papers Our PAS community, comprising faculty, graduate students, staff, and alumni, actively participated in the...
Message from PAS Director Chris Abani
Posted October 6, 2025
There is a modern Igbo proverb that translates to “lies sound more convincing in English.” The origin of this is probably in the experience...
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...
In memoriam: Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023)
Posted October 3, 2023
by Chris Abani, director of the Program of African Studies “Humans, not places, make memories.” – Ama Ata Aidoo The position of...
On vigilance: the Pan-African Youth Conference Tangaaza series
Posted April 22, 2022
by Bengi Rwabuhemba, Northwestern undergraduate student The Pan-African Youth Conference (PAYC) is a student-led initiative that was conceived by students at the University of...