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From the Herskovits Library of African Studies: Spotlight on Claude Barnett Research Collection

by Florence Mugambi, Librarian, Herskovits Library of African Studies The Herskovits Library’s Claude Barnett Research Collection offers a window on 1950s–60s African affairs as...
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PAS bookshelf: The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics

The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics, University of Michigan Press, 2019 Evan Maina Mwangi (English) analyzes the importance of African writing to...
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AfriSem conference explores “Africa’s Place in a Globalizing World”

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...
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Swahili Corner: Welcome Nyanjala Maingu

PAS welcomes Nyanjala Maingu, a Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant from Tanga, Tanzania, who will be involved in teaching and developing instructional materials for...
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Celebrating D. Soyini Madison, a personal tribute

by Karen Tranberg Hansen, professor emerita of anthropology We all regret missing what would have been the most fabulous retirement party in recent memory:...
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PAS welcomes new director, Chris Abani

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,...
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