Adeola Agoke and Katrina Daly Thompson have published a new book chapter titled “A Multilanguage Seminar for the Twenty-First Century: Rethinking Self-Instruction for the Least Commonly Taught Languages” in Language Program Vitality in the United States: …
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Unifier Tshimangadzo Dyer accepts faculty position at University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg
Dr. Unifier Tshimangadzo Dyer has accepted a faculty position in the Department of African Literature at Wits (University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg). She will be starting her new position at the beginning of the (South …
Katrina Daly Thompson and Mwita Muniko coauthor “Performativity in Africa” in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Katrina Daly Thompson and Mwita Muniko coauthored a chapter, “Performativity in Africa,” in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology, which just came out online. A summary of their chapter is below: Judith Butler’s theory …
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué awarded Honorary Mention for 2023 ASAA Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing
Congratulations to Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué, whose book (Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon, 2019) received 1st Runner Up/Honorary Mention of the 2023 Africa Studies Association of Africa’s (ASAA) Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in …
Adeola Agoke and Katrina Daly Thompson awarded U.S. Department of Education research grant
Adeola Agoke and Katrina Daly Thompson of the African Cultural Studies department were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education International Research and Studies Program. Together they will receive $304,331 to support …
“Playing the memories back: A summer in Nigeria and other stories” ⎻ By Abubakar Muhammad
After a long, hard winter a visit to Nigeria finally came as a refreshing sigh of relief. For one, you’re away from the cold and the burnout of academic world. My summer break was filled …
Katrina Daly Thompson on their book, Muslims on the Margins ⎻ Interview with CaMP Anthropology
The following interview was conducted by Ben Ale-Ebrahim and was originally published on CaMP Anthropology’s website. Ben Ale-Ebrahim: Muslims on the Margins is an ethnography of “nonconformist” Muslims living primarily in the United States and …
Matthew Brown selected as 2023 winner of African Literature Association’s First Book Award
Associate Professor Matthew Brown was recently selected as the 2023 winner of the African Literature Association’s First Book Award. The award recognizes his book Indirect Subjects: Nollywood’s Local Address, which the ALA committee found …
Celebrating our graduating majors, M.A. and Ph.D. recipients, and 2022-2023 award recipients
The ACS department recently hosted a commencement celebration and award recognition event for graduating majors, M.A. and Ph.D. recipients, and award recipients for the academic year 2022-2023. Congratulations to all and best wishes, grads! 🎉
Leah Entenmann awarded Fulbright-Hays Yoruba Group Project Abroad grant
Cultural Anthropology graduate student Leah Entenmann has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Yoruba Group Project Abroad grant, which will allow them to join other learners of Yoruba from across the US this summer to participate in …