Casey Golomski, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Hampshire, will be giving an Africa at Noon presentation titled “A Dream House: A Literary Ethnography of Aging in Place in South Africa.” Join …
African Cultural Studies
Africa at Noon: Xavier Livermon – “Kwaito Bodies: Remastering Space and Subjectivity in Postapartheid South Africa”
Xavier Livermon, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at UT-Austin, will be giving an Africa at Noon presentation titled “Kwaito Bodies: Remastering Space and Subjectivity in Postapartheid South Africa.” Join us there!
Africa at Noon: Noah Tamarkin – “Genetic Ancestry and Political Subjectivity in Postapartheid South Africa”
Noah Tamarkin, Assistant Professor of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University, will be giving an Africa at Noon presentation titled “Genetic Ancestry and Political Subjectivity in Postapartheid South Africa.” Join us there!
Africa at Noon: Marissa J. Moorman – “Angolan Radio in Five Songs”
Marissa J. Moorman, Associate Professor of History at IU-Bloomington, will be giving an Africa at Noon presentation titled “Angolan Radio in Five Songs.” Join us there!
City Pleasures in Africa: A Conversation with Kenda Mtongi and Laura Fair
Bios Kenda Mutongi was born and raised in a small village in western Kenya. She attended Coe College and then the University of Virginia where she earned a PhD in African history. She is the …
Department launches “Get to Know us Better” project
Get to know us better! Graduate student Kathryn Mara has launched a new project to share her interviews with faculty. The first one is with our Department Chair, Teju Olaniyan, and more are coming soon. …
Fall courses listings are up
Looking for an African Cultural Studies class for the fall? A list of what we plan to offer is now online. We’ve got literature, theory, film, philosophy, music, languages, and more. Check back soon for …
Becoming the Department of African Cultural Studies
It’s official! As of 1 July 2016, we will be the Department of African Cultural Studies. We have taught African languages, literature, linguistics, and oral traditions for 50 years. As we celebrated a half-century of …