Lionel Loueke Trio: Get tickets now!

Lionel Loueke Trio Saturday, February 25 at 8pm Crowell Concert Hall “His music rolls along with a feel-good sense of joy…a new Afro-jazz star.” -DownBeat Benin-born jazz guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke combines harmonic sophistication, soaring melodies and grounding in West African music to create a warm, intimate sound with his trio, which features Swedish-born…

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African Book Center Booksale

From the Africa Book Centre – Clearance Sale The Africa Book Centre will be moving to new, smaller premises in February and to this end, we are  offering over 1000 excess stock items at bargain basement prices (up to 70% off list price). See the  catalogues (arranged by region) here: http://www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/index.html?http% 3A//www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/SALE_BOOKS_-_WAREHOUSE_CLEARANCE.html&Cata logBody If you…

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ASA Call for Proposals

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 55th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN THE STUDY OF AFRICA November 29-December 1, 2012 Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel, Philadelphia, PA DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:  March 15, 2012 PROGRAM CHAIRS Tejumola Olaniyan, Departments of English and African Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison Staffan I. Lindberg, Departments of…

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Africa-related Honors Theses, 2010 – 2011

Here are the theses that were submitted to WesScholar this year that have Africa-related themes.  [Students and faculty, please let me know if I missed one!] How to Recognise Different Types of Assistance From Quite a Long Way Away: The European Union, China, and African Development, Miranda Susan Becker The Artist, the Martyred, and the…

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