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ASA Indaba 2018

The ASA organized the annual Indaba with a range of interesting events and speakers before the annual Ariya Cultural Show.

African Studies Senior Celebration

Friday May 11th Senior Presentations and Awards 10:30am in the RLL Lounge Allegra Ayida,  Kingdom in the Creeks: A History of the Warri Kingdom Lucia Proctor Bonbright,  Blood and Bones: A Memoir Claudia Kahindi,  Immanent Disaster: An Examination of Climate Change in Turkana Irvine Peck’s-Agaya,  Ibogaism: The Black Man Religion West African Drumming and Dance…

Congratulations to Artist-in-Residence Iddrisu “Iddi” Saaka!

Iddi is among this year’s recipients of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Wesleyan. It is a well deserved award! Iddi has taught at Wesleyan since 2008. He earned a diploma in dance from the University of Ghana and an MFA in dance from UCLA. A dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer from Ghana,…

The 2017 Christopher Brodigan Award Winners

  This year we had an amazing set of applications from 10 students. We wished we could support all of their projects! This year’s winners are: Bridget Adarkwa (’17) and Nailah Hines (’17) Their project supports the Girl’s Education Initiative of Ghana, in Ghana’s Ashanti and Greater Accra regions. GEIG is dedicated to the professional…