Join us for Africa at Noon on Wednesday, Nov 2 for this talk featuring Tejumola Olaniyan & Isaac Kabera Location: 206 Ingraham Topic: What is the role of mass propaganda in the commission of mass-scale …
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Graduate Student Colloquium: “Schism or Otherwise Between Popular Music and Elitist/’Obscure’ Drama in Nigeria: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Wole Soyinka on the New Technologies”
Presenter: Pelumi Folajimi Discussant: Dr. Tejumola Olaniyan Thursday, October 2012:00p.m – 1:00p.mVan Hise 1418 Abstract: The study examines the concepts of popular culture and elitist art productions. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is studied as a paradigm for …
Applications from UW-Madison graduate students invited for the Ebrahim Hussein Fellowship for Research in African Literature
University of Wisconsin-MadisonCollege of Letters and Science Ebrahim Hussein Fellowship for Research in African Literature Call for Applications The Ebrahim Hussein Endowment for research in African literature was established in the College of Letters and Science in 2003 …
Bayo Holsey to speak on “Enacting Africa: Neoliberalism and Politics of Global Presence”
Join us Wednesday, Oct 12 for the next Africa at Noon, featuring our second event around our theme of “Pleasure.” Noon, 206 Ingraham Hall We welcome Assistant Professor Bayo Holsey, visiting us from the Department …
AliBaba Sanchi, Brahim Lafdouk, and Tolulope Akinwole Received Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Awards to the University of Wisconsin-Madison
AliBaba Sanchi of Nigeria, Brahim Lafdouk of Morocco, and Tolulope Akinwole of Nigeria have been awarded Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program grants to serve as a teaching assistants in Hausa, Arabic, and Yoruba …
Congratulations to our successful students
Congratulations to doctoral students Adeola Agoke and Tarek Ziadna, who both passed their prelims!
Africa in Our Lives Features Professor Sam England
Professor Sam England is profiled in Africa in Our Lives. Discover why he found learning Arabic to be “the most worthwhile challenge” he experienced as an undergraduate. Read the full profile here.
Ghoneim tenured
Alumna Hala Ghoneim (PhD 2011) who was tenured this spring at UW-Whitewater in the Department of Languages and Literatures! Congratulations, Hala!
Samatar takes new position
Dr. Sofia Samatar, who had been teaching at California State University Channel Islands, has now assumed the position of Assistant Professor of English at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, beginning this Fall. Congratulations, Sofia!
Africa at Noon Features ACS Faculty
Join us on Wednesday, 7 Sept for Africa at Noon, 206 Ingraham Pleasure and the Pleasurable in Africa and the African Diaspora featuring Professors Teju Olaniyan, Katrina Daly Thompson, & Damon Sajnani. A lively interrogation …