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East Africa

Tamasha (Festival)

Posted on December 6, 2016

Please join the Swahili students of the Department of African Cultural Studies as they celebrate their end of semester. There will be lots of music, skits, and East African food.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged East Africa, skits, Swahili, tamasha

City Pleasures in Africa: A Conversation with Kenda Mtongi and Laura Fair

Posted on November 11, 2016

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 …

Posted in UncategorizedTagged African Cultural Studies, cities, East Africa, Kenda Mutongi, Laura Fair, pleasure

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