Alumna Sofia Samatar has a powerful new piece called “Skin Feeling” in The New Inquiry. “As a black academic, part of a tiny minority, I often feel hypervisible, exposed. Crossing a courtyard among the white …
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Department of African Languages & Literature welcomes three Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants to UW-Madison for 2015-16
Ruth Ibbi and Oladipo Olagbenro of Nigeria and Ayoti Simms of Kenya have been awarded Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program grants to serve as teaching assistants in Hausa, Yoruba, and Swahili (respectively) and take courses at University of Wisconsin-Madison for academic year 2015-16. While in the United States, Ibbi, Olagbenro, and Simms will share their languages and cultures with U.S. communities to inspire Americans to travel and study overseas, and make U.S. citizens better prepared to engage with businesses, governments, and organizations abroad.
Invitation to Memorial Service/Celebration for the late A. Neil Skinner
Image caption: Alumna Meg Skinner talks with Professor Dustin Cowell at the 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend Alumna Meg Skinner invites you to join her and family for a Memorial Service/Celebration of life for the late …
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2014-15 Research Reports from Faculty and Graduate Students
Find out more about what our faculty and graduate students have been working on this year. http://african.wisc.edu/content/2014-15-research-reports-faculty-and-graduate-students
Laura (Davidson) Tanna
Update from Laura (Davidson) Tanna, received 10 April 2015 I wanted so much to attend the alumni weekend, especially to see my former professors Phil Noss, Edris Makward and Harold Scheub, but also to let …
Videos showcase our students’ work
At the 2015 Festival of African Langauges and Literatures, which took place on Friday 8 May 2015, we were treated to performancs of poetry, fashion, song, dance, and theater. Several classes made videos. Check them …
Fiftieth Anniversary Alumni Weekend Symposium
Join us to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Department of African Languages & Literature On Friday 10 April 2015 we will welcome alumni, students, and faculty as we reflect on our past, present, and …
Fiftieth Anniversary Alumni Weekend a Success
On 10 and 11 April, we celebrated our fiftieth anniversary with a day and a half with current students, distinguished alumni, former staff, faculty, faculty emeriti, and old friends. Photographs taken by current graduate student …