In memoriam: Ama Ata Aidoo (1942-2023)
Posted October 3, 2023
by Chris Abani, director of the Program of African Studies “Humans, not places, make memories.” – Ama Ata Aidoo The position of...Blog
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, Africana cataloger, Northwestern University Libraries We were saddened by the unexpected loss of Lansiné Kaba on May 27 in Conakry, Guinea,...
Parallel Perspectives interview series highlights current
Posted August 23, 2023
By Kelly Coffey, Program of African Studies This fall, the Program of African Studies will release the video interview series “Parallel Perspectives.” With...
Swahili corner
Posted February 18, 2023
By: Gabriel West, Northwestern undergraduate student I am in my second year of Swahili and my third year at Northwestern. I postponed taking a...
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, PAS visiting scholar Last August, the East African Community became the 14th regional organization on that continent to deploy a...
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...
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...