Please join us in congratulating Professor Katrina Daly Thompson who has been promoted to Full Professor! In addition to her work as Core Faculty Member for the Second Language Acquistion program, Professor Thompson is our …
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Professor El Nossery Examines What it Means to Live “In Between”
Professor El Nossery writes an article for Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal! Read it here!
Professor Songolo Explores the Complexities of Africa
Read Professor Songolo’s article published in the Wisconsin State Journal this weekend! You’ll find it here!
2015-16 Research Reports are now online
Learn more about what our faculty and graduate students have been working on over the past academic year, from motion pictures to revolution; courtly duels to political cartoons; soccer to intimacy; television to trauma; courtly …
2016 Festival of African Languages and Literature
Join us the evening after classes end for a showcase of African languages, literatures, and cultures. Students learning Arabic, Basaa, Hausa, Somali, Swahili, Yoruba, and Zulu will present skits, videos, songs, music, poetry and more! …
Professor England’s 201 Course Connects Local History to African Experience
Professor Sam England invited archeologist Amy Rosebrough of the Wisconsin Historical Society to speak to his students taking African 201. The goal was to introduce the significance of local history and its connection to global …
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Novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist…learn more about Ngugi’s life and many contributions through the lens of filmmaker Ndirangu Wachanga! Join us for this special event: Thursday, April 28 Noon 1418 Van …
Welcome Toni Landis, Senior Advisor!
Please help us welcome Toni Landis into her new role as Senior Advisor! Toni received her BA in English from right here at UW-Madison and went on to complete her MA from State University of …
Students of African Languages and Literature present: Africa and the “Postcolonial Incredible”
Keynote Speaker: Professor Adeleke Adeeko (The Ohio state university) Location: Pyle Vandeberg auditorium Topic: “Postcolonial Incredible, or Omens of the Whole” Time: 1:45 pm –3:00 pm. Abstract:This talk thinks through what arts and humanities scholarship conveniently …
Songolo honored at ALA 2016
Next week Saturday in Atlanta, GA., Professor Aliko Songolo will be honored by the African Literature Association (ALA) as Distinguished Member. This is a highly prestigious award given once a year—and only one per year—to …