From the Herskovits Library of African Studies: Spotlight on Claude Barnett Research Collection
Posted September 17, 2020
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
Posted September 15, 2020
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”
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...
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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...
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Celebrating D. Soyini Madison, a personal tribute
Posted September 3, 2020
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
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,...
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