From the Archives: The Lion and the Jewel
Posted October 1, 2020
Saturday, May 10, 1969, you could purchase a $2 ticket ($1 if you were a Northwestern student!) to see the production of Wole Soyinka’s...Blog
New acquisitions by the Herskovits Library
Posted September 29, 2020
by Esmeralda M. Kale, George & Mary LeCron Foster Curator of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies In addition to answering your...
In memoriam: Cosmas Magaya, Zimbabwean mbira master
Posted September 24, 2020
by LaRay Denzer, PAS Editor of newsletter and working papers, Northwestern University COVID-19 claimed the life of mbira virtuoso Cosmas Magaya of Zimbabwe on July...
Swahili Corner: Claudia M. Kalisa
Posted September 22, 2020
by Claudia M. Kalisa, Northwestern undergrad student I was born in Luxembourg but raised in Rwanda. I moved to the US for college in...
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...
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...
AfriSem conference explores “Africa’s Place in a Globalizing World”
Posted September 10, 2020
by Sasha Artamonova, Northwestern graduate student, one of the 2020-21 coordinators of AfriSem We are very pleased to report the successful conclusion of the...
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...
Celebrating D. Soyini Madison, a personal tribute
Posted September 3, 2020
by Karen Tranberg Hansen, professor emerita of anthropology, Northwestern University We all regret missing what would have been the most fabulous retirement party in...
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 Northwestern in...