The National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) has selected alumni Dr. Kazeem Sanuth to be Associate Director. Sanuth earned his M.A. in African Languages and Literature in 2012 and went on to complete his Ph.D. …
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Sami Lamine Honors Dr. Tejumola Olaniyan
Ph.D. student Sami Lamine has created a song in tribute to his former advisor, Dr. Tejumola Olaniyan, who passed away unexpectedly last fall. The piece is titled, “The Merchant of Venus: The Ancestor”
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 …
Ainehi Edoro’s Brittle Paper Featured
Letters and Science magazine recently featured a piece on Dr. Ainehi Edoro‘s Brittle Paper. Read the full article: “Africa Writ Large” by Louisa Kamps
Incoming Graduate Student Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell Launches Research Project
Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell, slated to begin graduate work with the department in fall, has launched a research project titled, #MeTooSport & Beyond. The project “grew from the belief that the structures, values, and norms that enable …
Matthew Brown Publishes in Journal of African Cultural Studies
Dr. Matthew H. Brown has published his article, “Kèlání and the Question of Sovereign Cinema” in the Journal of African Cultural Studies.
Jacqueline Mougoué Interviewed by New Books Network
Dr. Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué was interviewed by New Books Network (NBN) regarding her recently published book, Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon. Listen to full interview conducted by Madina Thiam.
Harry Kiiru Serves as Webinar Panelist
The African Centre for the Study of the United States is hosting a webinar titled, “Imagined Identities, Boundaries and Relations Among People of African Descent.” Harry Kiiru, who recently earned his M.A. in African Cultural …
Vincent Ogoti Earns IRIS Fieldwork Award
Ph.D. student Vincent Ogoti has received a Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award provided by the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS). Ogoti plans to conduct fieldwork in Kenya, to include interviews with Kenyan theatre …
A Letter from the Department Chair: Taking Action Against White Supremacy
We must fight white supremacy and colonialism in all their forms. I write today to share some concrete actions my colleagues and I will take to address these issues in our teaching and research over the coming year.