Photo: Francis Abugbilla interviews Avraham Yago, leader of the Etz Hayim Synagogue in Abidjan, C’ôte d’Ivoire By Francis Abugbilla On September 19, 2002, a failed coup d’état in Côte d’Ivoire transformed into a military-political conflict that ravaged the country and divided it into two zones from 2002-2007. When elections in 2010 resulted in the victory

Growing up in northeastern Ghana, Francis Abugbilla witnessed regional conflict throughout his childhood. Two ethnic groups clashed repeatedly, dating back to pre-colonial times. Today, as a doctoral student in the UW’s Jackson School of International Studies, Abugbilla is working toward lasting solutions to such conflicts. That may be a tall order, but Abugbilla is no stranger

Forced movement from one place to another, from what we know to what we don’t brings with it the displacement of our bodies, minds, and hearts. In his presentation, visual artist Yeggy Michael will reflect on how the experience of migration has shaped his art and identity. The presentation thus raises questions about how an

Jackson School doctoral student Francis Abugbilla in front of Thomson Hall, April 2019. Photo by Mary Andom Mary Andom, a graduate student in the M.A. in Applied International Studies program, writes about Jackson School doctoral student Francis Abugbilla’s journey from a village in Ghana to the UW in Seattle and back to shed light in

Ambassador Prudence Bushnell hosted an informal discussion with undergraduate and graduate students regarding careers in Foreign Service, in international affairs, working for the U.S. federal government and policy-making in Washington, D.C. Prudence Bushnell, a retired career Foreign Service Officer, served the United States government as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Genocide

New publication by African Studies affiliate faculty Maya Smith Senegal Abroad: Linguistic Borders, Racial Formations, and Diasporic Imaginaries by University of Wisconsin Press. The study explores the fascinating role of language in national, transnational, postcolonial, racial, and migrant identities. Capturing the experiences of first and second-generation Senegalese in Paris, Rome, and New York, it depicts how they make sense of

African Studies professors Ron Krabill and Daniel Hoffman recently wrote these two short articles for the website Africa is a Country. The Seattle Afrikan Premier League Ibrahim Usman’s Road to Qatar

The Ottenberg-Winans Fellowship Fund was established to honor the contributions of Professors Simon Ottenberg and Edgar V. Winans to the African Studies Program at the University of Washington and to the field of African Studies. During their distinguished careers, Professors Ottenberg and Winans taught and mentored numerous students and advanced scholarship on Africa. Recipients of