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Africana Salutes the Naughty Ninjas!

Africana salutes “the Naughty Ninjas,” the three Williams College students – Kush Fanikiso, Jennifer Gossels, and Mike Orsmbee (all class of 2013) – who helped us design and programmed our new Word Press Website this summer (2010). They’ve done a great job. Thanks Ninjas! Kudos also to Mika Hirai, Adam… Continue reading »

Brown Univ. Achebe Colloquium on Africa, Dec. 3-4, 2010

2010 Achebe Colloquium on Africa to be held at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, from 3-4 December, 2010. The conference is being organized under the auspices of the Nigerian writer, poet, social critic, and professor, Chinua Achebe, who is the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of… Continue reading »

New School Africa Conference, Nov. 18-19, 2010

The Center for Public Scholarship presents the 22nd Social Research conference at the New School: From Impunity to Accountability: Africa’s Development in the 21st Century John Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NYC Thursday and Friday, November 1819, 2010 For more, see here. Continue reading »

Africana Welcomes Prof. James Manigault-Bryant

James Manigault-Bryant   Africana Welcomes Prof. James Manigault-Bryant to Williams this semester.  Africana also welcomes his wife, LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant, former Bolin Fellow, on leave this year from Wake Forest and quietly working in an office somewhere on campus.  If you see them both, please extend a warm welcome. James… Continue reading »

Africana Announces a New Hire: Deadline Sept. 30, 2010

Job Advertisement, Africana Studies, Williams College, 2010-11 Williams College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Africana Studies at the Assistant Professor level to begin in the fall of 2011. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. either in Africana Studies, English, Comparative Literature, Performance Studies, Communications… Continue reading »