Message from PAS Director Christ Abani, Winter 2022-23
Posted December 6, 2022
Well, it is that time again for the director’s message. Recently, sculptor, poet, and artist, Adegoke Tugbigele, in an Instagram post brought our attention...Blog
Northwestern Africanists participate in annual ASA meeting
Posted December 1, 2022
The theme of the 2022 African Studies Association meeting was “African Urbanities, Mobility and Challenges,” which met in Philadelphia in November. A highlight of...
Conducting fieldwork in Kiswahili
Posted October 20, 2022
By Shelby Mohrs One of the most significant steps toward ethical fieldwork for an archaeologist is learning the local language of the community you...
Message from PAS director Chris Abani
Posted September 25, 2022
Welcome, or as the Ibibio of Nigeria say, Emedi, which is incindentally the language of our inaugural Ama Ata Aidoo Visiting Arts Fellow, Wana...
PAS launches new fellows program
Posted September 21, 2022
The Program of African Studies, supported by the Office of Research, launches two new fellowships this fall quarter. They are the Ama Ata Aidoo...
PAS welcomes new Foreign Language Teaching Associate
Posted September 20, 2022
PAS welcomes new Foreign Language Teaching Associate Faith Jebet Bitok. holds a BEd from Kenyatta University in Nairobi. She has also completed a short...
Swahili corner
Posted September 15, 2022
Northwestern’s Swahili program is part of what attracted me to the University. I knew I wanted to learn a nontraditional language and I had...
How the Mandela Washington Fellowship helped redefine my objectives
Posted August 30, 2022
By Sidi Teguedi, 2022 Mandela Washington Fellow It was around midnight, the end of the last day of the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship group...
Posters in the Herskovits Library collection are often overlooked primary resources
Posted August 2, 2022
By Gene Kannenberg Selected posters on public health, travel and art from Herskovits Library As you travel...
Community News
Posted August 1, 2022
Alumna Priscilla Adipa (sociology ‘17) has published two short stories: “Hope upon Hope” on Afritondo (afritondo.com/afritondo/hope-upon-hope) and “The Woman Across the Street” on AfricanWriter.com...