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• Doris Derby, CAS Alumna, Awarded 2016 LAS Alumni Achievement Award

  Nov 16, 2016 8:00 am411 views

  Read an interview with Dr. Derby titled "Visualizing the Civil Rights Movement" and published in the UIUC College of Liberal Arts & Sciences newsletter here.

• Ava DuVernay’s ’13th’ Documentary Will Spark A Necessary Conversation About Mass Incarceration

  Oct 4, 2016 8:00 am221 views

  Click here for trailer and other information.

• Brazilian-African Diaspora: The Tabom, Slavery, Dissonance of Memory, Identity and Locating Home by former CAS student Dr. Kwame Essien

  Oct 3, 2016 8:00 am237 views

  Click here for information.

• A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Eight Societies (fully revised and updated second edition) by Emeritus faculty, Alma Gottlieb and Judy Deloache

  Sep 15, 2016 8:00 am46 views

  Click here for more information. 

• The Passing of Dr. Elaine Salo

  Aug 23, 2016 8:00 am44 views

  Staff at The Center for African Studies send their condolences to Dr. Ken Salo and his family on the loss of his sister, Dr. Elaine Salo, who was a colleague and speaker at our annual DuBois lecture in 2010. Our thoughts are with the Salos. For a tribute by Professor Terri Barnes, please click here.

• “African Liberation, Socialism, and Ghana Today” by Professor Al Kagan

  May 31, 2016 8:00 am13 views

  “African Liberation, Socialism, and Ghana Today,” by Professor Al Kagan, published in Public i. For complete article, click here.

• "Intersectionality in Intentional Communities," by Assata Zerai, published by Rowman and Littlefield

  May 17, 2016 8:00 am16 views

  Assata Zerai's new book, Intersectionality in Intentional Communities: The Struggle for Inclusivity in Multicultural U.S. Protestant Congregations," has just been published. Click here for details.

• Ifeyinwa U. Onyenekwu, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Missouri and University of Illinois Alumna, Publishes: "Traveling to Non-traditional Destinations: Recommendations for American Students Studying Abroad in “Africa”"

  Apr 8, 2016 8:00 am35 views

  Click here for details. 

• Faranak Miraftab publishes Global Heartland: Displaced Labor, Transnational Lives and Local Placemaking

  Feb 15, 2016 8:00 am0 views

• Prita Meier's forthcoming book, Swahili Port Cities: The Architecture of Elsewhere

  Feb 15, 2016 8:00 am0 views

• Dr. Maimouna Barro, CAS Associate Director, featured on Illinois’s IPRH’s blog Reading Matters

  Feb 12, 2016 8:00 am2 views

• Brenda Sanya and Anne Lutomia: "Feminism Unfinished: Towards Gender Justice and Women’s Rights in Kenya"

  Feb 11, 2016 8:00 am0 views

• News about Professor Paul Zeleza, former Director of the Center for African Studies

  Feb 8, 2016 8:00 am0 views

• Is #MizzouHungerStrike A Wake Up Call for Educators? by Amalia Dache-Gerbino and Ifeyinwa Onyenekwu

  Nov 13, 2015 8:00 am0 views

• From The Daily Illini: (SAWBO) App brings education without borders

  Nov 9, 2015 8:00 am5 views

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• SAWBO in the news

  Oct 26, 2015 8:00 am2 views

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• Information Technologies & International Development publishes article by Dr. Julia Bello-Bravo

  Sep 17, 2015 8:00 am0 views

  Information Technologies & International Development publishes article by Dr. Julia Bello-Bravo (CAS Assistant Director), Professor Barry Pittendrigh (CAS affiliate), and Dr. Gemechu Olana titled, "A Pilot Study Using Educational Animations as a Way to Improve Farmers’ Agricultural Practices and Health Around Adama, Ethiopia."

• New Directions in Community Colleges publishes article by Nathaniel Moore

  Jun 30, 2015 8:00 am20 views

  Click here to read "The Transformative Power of Sankofa: Teaching African History Inside San Quentin State Prison."

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• Thought Leader publishes piece by Professor Terri Barnes: "Losing in Straight Sets to the Truth about Mandela"

  Jun 30, 2015 8:00 am3 views

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• Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research publishes "Rural-urban migration: A path for empowering women through entrepreneurial activities in West Africa"

  Jun 1, 2015 8:00 am8 views

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• Syracuse Press publishes new book by Professor Ken Cuno: Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Egypt

  May 22, 2015 8:00 am21 views

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  Click here for article on News Bureau, Illinois.

• 2015 Power Africa Conference: Welcome Remarks, Introduction and Keynote Speeches

  Mar 20, 2015 8:00 am26 views

  To view video, click here.

• Professor Ibrahim Hassan visitor from Nigeria; Dr. Clementine Dabire visitor from Burkina Faso

  Mar 12, 2015 8:00 am30 views

  

• International Women’s Day Celebration honorees: Professor Terri Barnes, Dr. Maimouna Barro, and Anne Lutomia

  Mar 6, 2015 8:00 am38 views

  

• A SOLAR ODYSSEY

  Feb 24, 2015 8:00 am9 views

  Read the full article, click here.

• "Are We Charlie?"- video presentation featuring Dr. Maimouna Barro and colleagues

  Jan 26, 2015 8:00 am122 views

  To view video, click here.

   

• Vernita Pearl Fort, College of Media, wins Best Visual Display of Research award from the International Communication Association

  Dec 5, 2014 8:00 am16 views

• Professors Terri Barnes and Peter Limb, co-chairs of ACAS, win Public Service Award from the African Studies Association

  Dec 5, 2014 8:00 am27 views

• Prof. Emeritus Al Kagan and Africana Librarian Dr. Atoma Batoma release 3rd edition of "Reference Guide to Africa"

  Nov 10, 2014 8:15 am0 views

• Mabinty Tarawallie, Social Work graduate, speaks to the News Gazette about Ebola in Sierra Leone

  Nov 10, 2014 8:00 am26 views

• Dr. Emmanuel Nuesiri awarded Marie Curie Fellowship at Univ. of Potsdam

  Oct 29, 2014 8:00 am8 views

• Congratulations to Dr. Pittendrigh on alumni award, University of Regina

  Oct 27, 2014 8:00 am1 views

• Dr. Paul McNamara provides expertise on the impact of ebola

  Oct 8, 2014 8:00 am12 views

  To read the full article, click here.

• Drs. Faranak Miraftab and Chris Fennell receive University Scholar awards

  Oct 1, 2014 8:00 am20 views

  To learn more, click here.

• Dr. Merle Bowen publishes article on "Developing Culturally Responsive Surveys"

  Sep 26, 2014 8:00 am13 views

  To view the online version of the article, please click here.

• Illinois New Bureau Highlights Professor Linda Herrera

  Sep 22, 2014 8:00 am3 views

  To read the full article on CAS affiliate, Professor Linda Herrera, please click here

• Dr. Assata Zerai publishes new book, "Hypermasculinity, State Violence, and Family Well-Being in Zimbabwe"

  Sep 22, 2014 8:00 am9 views

  To see the full description of Professor Zerai's new book, please click here.

• Professor Peter Goldsmith hosts Tropical Soybean for Development Workshop

  Sep 19, 2014 8:00 am4 views

  Click here for complete information, including registration link.   

• Professor Alma Gottlieb publishes article on "Religious Diversity in the Cabo Verdean Community: The (Unknown?) Jewish Connection"

  Sep 19, 2014 8:00 am0 views

  For complete article, click here.