Africa Working Group
Africa Working Group Meeting
Mon
Oct
27
About the Africa Working Group
The Africa Working Group provides a forum for resident faculty, graduate students, and outside scholars to present and discuss cutting edge research on Africa. Participants, who come from a range of disciplines, share a common interest in investigating Africa’s past, present, and future, as well as Africa’s place in the larger global order. The group also sponsors Africanist events, enriching the study of Africa on campus and building on growing student interest in the region.
Cochairs: Paul Ocobock and Ellis Adams
Graduate Assistants: Adedoyin Okanlawon, Will O'Brien and Debora Rogo
The Africa Working Group provides a forum for resident faculty, graduate students, and outside scholars to present and discuss cutting edge research on Africa. Participants, who come from a range of disciplines, share a common interest in investigating Africa’s past, present, and future, as well as Africa’s place in the larger global order. The group also sponsors Africanist events, enriching the study of Africa on campus and building on growing student interest in the region.
Cochairs: Paul Ocobock and Ellis Adams
Graduate Assistants: Adedoyin Okanlawon, Will O'Brien and Debora Rogo
African Working Group and the Africa Governance Innovation Lab Collaboration Presents: Beyond Western Frameworks: Indigenous Epistemology and Democratic Movements in Africa
"Contested Politics : democracy and Accountability in Wolof Written Poetry"
Cheikh Tidiane Lo
Assistant Professor
University of Gaston Berger, Senegal
"Factors that shaped the development of pro-democracy mobilization in Ethiopia"
Manna Duah
Assistant Professor of History
North Carolina Central University