On November 18, Oluwayinka Arawomo, Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for the Department of African Cultural Studies, hosted a table at the International Festival organized by University Apartments in honor of International Education Week. Yinka …
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FLTA Yinka Arawomo teaches PEOPLE about Yoruba culture
Our Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) continue to be active in the community, sharing their languages and cultures with Wisconsin. The PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) event, which took place on …
Akinwole takes part in Day in Africa
Tolu Akinwole, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for Yoruba in 2016-17, took part in the African Studies Program’s recent “Day in Africa,” presenting Yoruba marriage practices to visiting high school students. Tolu will join …
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! …
Department of African Languages & Literature welcomes three Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants to UW-Madison for 2015-16
Ruth Ibbi and Oladipo Olagbenro of Nigeria and Ayoti Simms of Kenya have been awarded Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program grants to serve as teaching assistants in Hausa, Yoruba, and Swahili (respectively) and take courses at University of Wisconsin-Madison for academic year 2015-16. While in the United States, Ibbi, Olagbenro, and Simms will share their languages and cultures with U.S. communities to inspire Americans to travel and study overseas, and make U.S. citizens better prepared to engage with businesses, governments, and organizations abroad.