Recent additions to the Herskovits Library
Posted October 6, 2023
The archives of the historian Dr Jean Herskovits have recently been deposited at the Herskovits Library of African Studies. Jean was the daughter of...Blog
In memoriam: Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023)
Posted October 3, 2023
by Chris Abani “Humans, not places, make memories.” – Ama Ata Aidoo The position of early postcolonial writers was a difficult one, navigating...
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...
In memoriam: Lansiné Kaba (1941-2023)
Posted October 1, 2023
by Marcia Tiede We were saddened by the unexpected loss of Lansiné Kaba on May 27 in Conakry, Guinea, the victim of a stroke...
Parallel Perspectives interview series highlights current
Posted August 23, 2023
By Kelly Coffey This fall, the Program of African Studies will release the video interview series “Parallel Perspectives.” With a focus on Africa...
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...
PAS bookshelf
Posted February 1, 2023
Rethinking Civil Military Relations in Africa: Beyond the Coup D’etat (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2022). Political science alumni Moses Khisa (2016) and Christopher...
African-led peace operations: Enhancing effectiveness
Posted January 17, 2023
By: Eric G. Berman Last August, the East African Community became the 14th regional organization on that continent to deploy a peace operation...
Community news winter 2023
Posted January 7, 2023
Community news winter 2023 Semiu Adefemi Adegbenle (history graduate student) coauthored a chapter, “Female Deputy Governors as Subaltern in Lagos Politics, 1999–2019,” in Gender Politics...
Wana Udobang opens traveling exhibition “Dirty Laundry” in Abuja
Posted December 22, 2022
Ama Ata Aidoo Arts Fellow Wana Udobang presented her first mixed media installation, “Dirty Laundry,” in Abuja on December 15–20, 2022. The traveling installation...