African Studies Program Chair Christopher Tounsel recently received an Honorable Mention for the Best Article Prize from the African Studies Review (ASR) for his article “A Tale of Two Divestments: South Africa, Sudan, and Howard University.” In the article, Tounsel examines Howard University’s divestment from both South Africa and Sudan, and how each divestment fits

African Studies affiliate faculty member and Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Professor Amanda Lock Swarr‘s recent book, “Envisioning African Intersex: Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African Medicine” (Duke University Press, 2023) has been nominated for the 2024 African Studies Association (ASA) Best Book Award. In “Envisioning African Intersex,” Swarr challenges longstanding

Join African Studies faculty members this winter for a diverse range of coursework! Africa courses ANTH 377: Anthropology and International Health Instructor: James Pfeiffer TTh | 3:30-5:20 p.m. | GWN 301 5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN: 10339 Course Description Explores international health from medical anthropological perspective, focusing on serious health problems facing resource-poor societies

African Studies affiliate faculty member Maya Smith has recently co-published “Reclaiming Venus: The Many Lives of Alvenia Bridges” (Simon & Schuster, 2024). This memoir chronicles the life of Alvenia Bridges beginning in a racially oppressive environment in 1950s Kansas. Despite a tumultuous home life, Bridges graduated high school, left for Los Angeles, and carved out