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ACS Major Olivia Ligman’s Review of “Transcendent Kingdom” Featured in Brittle Paper
African Cultural Studies major Olivia Ligman’s review of Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom is featured in Brittle Paper, the award-winning online literary magazine for readers of African Literature. African Cultural Studies faculty member Ainehi Edoro is …
Ainehi Edoro’s BBC Interview re: Abdulrazak Gurnah Named Nobel Prize Winner
Ainehi Edoro was interviewed by BBC World News for her reaction to the news that Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature. View the full interview.
“Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon” Awarded Book Prize
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué‘s book titled Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon has been awarded the African Studies Association Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize. See full article.
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué Consults on Graphic Novel
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué served as a consultant for a project depicting Cameroonian women’s political history commissioned by Initiative Perspektivwechsel, an organization based in Germany and Cameroon that seeks to disseminate knowledge about politics in Africa. The …
Jacqueline Mougoué’s Book Reviewed in Washington Post
The Washington Post‘s Monkey Cage is featuring an “African Politics Reading Spectacular” which offers a review of Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon,” by African Cultural Studies Assistant Professor Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué. Read …
Jacqueline Mougoué’s Book Makes Washington Post List
Dr. Jacqueline Mougoué‘s book, Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon, has been included in a summer reading list published by The Washington Post. The “African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular” features wide-ranging topics that …
Jacqueline Mougoué Earns WAWH Book Prize
Dr. Jacqueline Mougoué‘s work titled, Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon has been awarded best monograph in the field of history published by a Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) member. The WAWH’s Francis …
Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast
Edited by Erin E. Stiles and Katrina Daly Thompson Afterword by Susan F. Hirsch Publisher: Ohio University Press Publication Year: 2015 Link To Book Muslim communities throughout the Indian Ocean have long questioned what it …
Taking African Cartoons Seriously: Politics, Satire, and Culture
Edited by Peter Limb and Tejumola Olaniyan Publisher: Michigan State University Press Publication Year: 2018 Link To Book Cartoonists make us laugh—and think—by caricaturing daily events and politics. The essays, interviews, and cartoons presented in …