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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Sounding Indigenous in South Africa

Sounding Indigenous in South Africa: Music and Performance Heritage in Khoisan Revival Dr. Lyndsey Copeland of Carleton University in Canada and Dr. Lee Watkins of Rhodes University in South Africa received a competitive grant from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to fund a collaborative research project... More

Monday, February 5, 2024

Inaugural Flight 302 Legacy Award

Two Carleton Anthropology Ph.D. Students Receive the Inaugural Flight 302 Legacy Award The Institute of African Studies at Carleton University congratulates Carleton Anthropology PhD Students - Ugochukwu Okoye and Chikezirm Nwoke- who have been awarded the inaugural Flight 302 Legacy Awards. The scholarship, valued at $10,000, was established to... More

Friday, August 18, 2023

Institute of African Studies Emerging Scholar Conference

The Institute of African Studies is proud to announce the inaugural Emerging Scholar Conference in Canada, marking the first-ever gathering of its kind. This annual event aims to foster and develop an engaged intellectual community among undergraduate students, graduate students, emerging scholars, and community scholars in the fields of African... More

Friday, August 18, 2023

IAS Annual Newsletter – New Issue

On this occasion of the first anniversary of my appointment as Director of Carleton's Institute of African Studies (IAS), it gives me great pleasure to introduce this new issue of the IAS Newsletter designed as an annual round-up to keep readers abreast of notable activities, events, and developments within and around the... More

Friday, August 4, 2023

The coup in Niger – CTV News interview with Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba

In this interview, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Assistant Professor at the Institute of African Studies talks about the coup in Niger and the implication for democracy in the West African region of the Continent. He also talks about the recent ECOWAS ultimatum and threat to intervene. The coup in Niger: CTV News interviews Samuel Ojo... More

Monday, July 31, 2023

Ghana 2023 Study Abroad in pictures

This 2023 summer study abroad course titled Urban & Rural music in Community: Participatory music-making in Ghana was taught at the West African Cultural Exchange Centre in Dagbamete, which is founded and directed by Kwasi Dunyo. This course immersed students in the vibrant musical culture and community life in Dagbamete, an Ewe village in... More

Friday, June 30, 2023

Institute of African Studies Welcomes QES-AS-WA Scholars to Carleton

The Institute of African Studies at Carleton University is celebrating the long-awaited start of a new research acceleration project aimed at supporting West African women in academia. The project — titled Wurin ta na yin rubutu, which translates from Hausa to “her own room to write” — seeks to counter the institutional prejudice and... More

Monday, June 12, 2023

BGInS Students Travel to Ghana

It was an experience of a lifetime for 12 Carleton University students enrolled in the Institute of African Studies annual Study Abroad course, cross-listed this year with the music program’s experiential learning course, Urban and Rural Music in Community. The students say the 18-day adventure in Ghana has changed their worldview and they will... More

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Carleton’s Institute of African Studies Launches Collaborative PhD with Specialization in African Studies

Building on the success and mandate of the Institute’s research vision and sustained interest in graduate studies in the field of African Studies, we are excited to announce the commencement of the collaborative PhD with Specialization in African Studies. This program is a first of its kind at a graduate level in Canada. The... More

Monday, April 17, 2023

Professor Chambi Chachage wins Connection Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Congratulations Professor Chambi Chachage on the Connection Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).... More

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Institute of African Studies celebrates new home in Dunton Tower

On February 17, Carleton’s Institute of African Studies (IAS) welcomed faculty members, students and members of the university and broader Ottawa communities to celebrate a landmark moment. The launch event — which featured live music from the Institute’s own Instructor Kathy Armstrong and was attended by several High Commissioners of... More

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Celebrating Black History Month: Sarah George is Creating Safe Spaces for the Next Generation

Sarah George is a student, staff member and instructor at Carleton. She was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in the United States and Canada. After earning her Bachelor of Arts at Mount Royal University, George joined Carleton’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, where she completed her master’s with specialization in African Studies and... More

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