Grads Rachel Maina Classical Humanities and Art History This past summer, I went back home to Kenya. I had not been home for two and a half years. I blame Covid-19 for that, keeping me …
Grad Students
Salami, Babatunde
Ogunmuko, Oluwadamilola
Muhammad, Abubakar
Graduate Students Earn Awards
A number of African Cultural Studies PhD graduate students have earned scholarships recently. Michael Oshindoro won the inaugural Tejumola Olaniyan International Student Travel Award. Omotola Okunlola won the IRIS Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award and …
Vincent Ogoti Earns African Studies Research Award
PhD student Vincent Ogoti has earned an African Studies Research Award intended to support graduate student research or creative/artistic endeavors related to the study of Africa and the diaspora. Ogoti will utilize the financial support …
Jibril Gabid Earns William A. Brown Research Award
PhD student Jibril Gabid has earned the William A. Brown Research Award made possible through UW’s African Studies Program. New this year, the award is intended to support research on Islam or West African history. …
Vincent Ogoti Earns Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship
PhD student Vincent Ogoti has been awarded a Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship. For academic year 2022-23, Ogoti will work for MYArts (Madison Youth Arts Center) as the Storytelling and Community Access Fellow. Each year the …
Rachel Maina Awarded Language Institute Grant
Graduate student Rachel Maina has been awarded a Language Institute Grant to Support Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning. The award will enable her to attend “Transforming the Teaching of Language Online,” a summer workshop …
Get to Know PhD Student Jibril Gabid
Jibril Gabid is profiled by the African Studies Program for their series, “Africa in Our Lives.” Learn more about his award at right. Read the full interview here!