Friday, February 23, 2024Second Cohort of QES Advanced Scholars West Africa ProgramCarleton Announces the Second Cohort of QES Advanced Scholars West Africa Program Carleton University’s Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars West Africa (QES-AS-WA) program is pleased to announce the selection of nine scholars for its second and final cohort in the current funding cycle. The selection of the nine distinguished West... MoreFriday, February 9, 2024Move as a collectiveMove as a collective Carleton PhD student Sarah George starts off a special issue on Black Radicalism for the Briarpatch magazine with an interview of decades-long activist Adrienne Coddett. George is a recent recipient of the Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship and will continue to explore the experiences of African, Caribbean,... MoreFriday, February 9, 2024African Studies Alumni – Mugoli Samba, Editor, Apple NewsMugoli Samba, Editor, Apple News Having completed a combined undergraduate degree in Journalism and African Studies at Carleton in 2018, Mugoli Samba now works as an editor at Apple News, holds a Canadian Church Press Award, and received an honourable mention from the National Magazine Awards. Her reporting has appeared in the Globe and... MoreWednesday, February 7, 2024Indigenous knowledge and entrepreneurship in AfricaBreaking new grounds in research on Indigenous knowledge and entrepreneurship in Africa Riding on the wings of Indigenous knowledge, I am privileged to be leading a continental initiative to study how to unlock sustainable solutions for employment and entrepreneurship for African youths in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda in... MoreWednesday, February 7, 2024Sounding Indigenous in South AfricaSounding 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... MoreMonday, February 5, 2024Inaugural Flight 302 Legacy AwardTwo 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... MoreFriday, August 18, 2023Institute of African Studies Emerging Scholar ConferenceCall for Proposals Theme: Phambili Lubuntu: Co-Creating African and African Diaspora Futures We are thrilled to invite scholars, early-career professors, university students of various levels, and community researchers or practitioners engaged in African Studies, African Diasporic Studies, or Black Studies to submit proposals for the inaugural... MoreFriday, August 18, 2023IAS Annual Newsletter – New IssueOn 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... MoreFriday, August 4, 2023The coup in Niger – CTV News interview with Samuel Ojo OloruntobaIn 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... MoreMonday, July 31, 2023Ghana 2023 Study Abroad in picturesThis 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... MoreFriday, June 30, 2023Institute of African Studies Welcomes QES-AS-WA Scholars to CarletonThe 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... MoreMonday, June 12, 2023BGInS Students Travel to GhanaIt 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... MoreTuesday, May 30, 2023Carleton’s Institute of African Studies Launches Collaborative PhD with Specialization in African StudiesBuilding 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... MoreMonday, April 17, 2023Professor 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).... MoreSunday, February 26, 2023Institute of African Studies celebrates new home in Dunton TowerOn 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... MoreWednesday, February 1, 2023Celebrating Black History Month: Sarah George is Creating Safe Spaces for the Next GenerationSarah 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... MoreFriday, January 27, 2023The Launch of IAS’ New Space & the Pius Adesanmi Resource CentreWe are excited to invite you to the mini launch of our new IAS office on the 17th Floor of Dunton Tower with a get-together on Friday, February 17th. Date: February 17, 2023 Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Venue: DT 1728 The highlights of the evening include: Opening remarks by Dean of FASS, Prof... MoreTuesday, October 25, 2022Beyond Resettlement Conference ProgramSeptember 28, 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the first group of Ugandan Asian refugees to arrive in Canada after being expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin. This was Canada’s first major resettlement of non-European and largely non-Christian refugees in the postwar period. To consolidate power in Uganda, after leading a military coup in 1971,... MoreTuesday, July 26, 2022Profs. Nduka Otiono and Audra A. Diptée appointed as Faculty Advisors on Anti-Black Racism and Black InclusionAs part of Carleton’s commitment to implement the Scarborough Charter, and in support of building faculty-specific initiatives, we are truly pleased to appoint Profs. Audra A. Diptée (History) and Nduka Otiono (African Studies) as Faculty Advisors on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion, effective July 1, 2022. Profs. Diptée and Otiono will... MoreFriday, June 17, 2022Dr. Nduka Otiono – New Director at IASDr. Nduka Otiono a beloved faculty member of the Institute of African Studies has been appointed the next Director of the Institute. The appointment takes effect on July 1, 2022 for a three-year term. This announcement was delivered by Prof. Pauline Rankin, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University. Reacting to the... MoreFriday, March 18, 2022Book Launch! DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono"Displace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono" is the latest publication of our very own Dr. Nduka Otiono Associate Professor of English and Graduate Program Coordinator here at the Institute of African Studies. DisPlace is a book that straddles multiple poetic traditions and places African intellectual history at the forefront of an engagement with... MoreSaturday, February 5, 2022Community Advocate Takes a Seat at the National TableArielle Kayabaga first came to Canada as an 11-year-old refugee from the central east African country of Burundi. Twenty years later, on Sept. 20, 2021, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for London West. “I never imagined running for Parliament,” says Kayabaga, a student in Carleton’s Master of Political Management (MPM) program.... MoreFriday, February 4, 2022Carleton Recognizes the UN International Decade for People of African DescentToday, Carleton University is proud to join the global community in recognizing the United Nations (UN) International Decade for People of African Descent. “As we approach Black History Month, this important recognition aligns with Carleton’s ongoing commitment to stand against anti-Black racism and to enhance Black Inclusion within our... MoreMonday, January 31, 2022Learning Resilience One Talk at a Time | Adrian Harewood Inaugural Lived Experience Speaker, Feb. 9The Mental Health and Wellbeing Research and Training Hub is launching a new Lived Experience Luncheon series this Winter Term. Members from the community will give a presentation on their lived experience highlighting any challenges they faced and their resiliency in the face of these challenges. Join us next Wednesday as Adrian Harwood shares... MoreMonday, January 24, 2022COVID and post-COVID in Africa: Achievements and Challenges from a South African PerspectiveThe Africa Study Group (ASG) is happy to invite you to its next webinar “COVID and post-COVID in Africa Achievements and Challenges from a South African Perspective”. Panelists: Mia Malan, Dr. Sanjay Ruparelia and Fatima Hassan will discuss the global challenges of Covid-19 from a South African perspective. Moderating this event is our... MoreWednesday, January 19, 2022Reviews for Professor Otiono’s Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from NigeriaIn Chris Dunton's review of ‘Camouflage’: Tales from the powerhouse of modern African writing, Chris writes "Nigeria is without doubt the powerhouse of modern African writing", "this has to do with a number of factors, all of which are grist to the creative writer’s mill: the sheer size of the place, its complexity and... MoreFriday, January 14, 2022Comment on the newly designed newsletter... MoreMonday, January 10, 2022“I Did Not Choose to Become a Poet” Nduka Otiono on Ghost Writing Love Letters, Negotiating with Poems, & MoreProfessor Nduka Otiono's interview with Open Book.Ca where he discusses his poetic journey and how his life has shaped his process and work is out. He talked about the surprising inspiration he found in a timeless nursery rhyme, the poem his wife recited on their first date that hooked him, and how some poems... MoreFriday, December 10, 2021UN appoints IAS Adjunct Research Professor, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba as a member of Africa Knowledge NetworkCongratulations to IAS Adjunct Research Professor, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba who was recently appointed as a member of the newly launched African Knowledge Network by The United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UN-OSAA). The Knowledge Network was established with the purpose of leveraging existing knowledge and expertise to support... MoreFriday, November 26, 2021The Role of African Publishing in the Knowledge Production Ecosystem | Celebrating Mkuki na Nyota @40Join us as we celebrate the intellectual and creative contributions of Tanzanian publisher Mkuki na Nyota. A distinguished panel of speakers will consider the important work that Mkuki na Nyota has done over the last 40 years while addressing critical debates about how infrastructures of producing and disseminating knowledge shape which voices,... MoreTuesday, November 23, 2021Childhood in African Diaspora Literature Come listen to excerpts from Christopher Ouma's book on childhood in African Diaspora Literature. Christoper's book examines how experiences of childhood are capable of inaugurating contemporary and diasporic modes of re-imagining Africa. In this conversation, he sheds light on the childhood experiences of the 1960s through to the late... MoreThursday, November 11, 2021Music & Blackness in MoroccoOn November 17, 2021 at 1:00pm Eastern, Professor Cynthia J. Becker will be discussing her latest Book - Blackness in Morocco In this groundbreaking book, Cynthia J. Becker addresses the historical consciousness of subaltern groups and how they give Blackness material form through modes of dress, visual art, religious ceremonies, and musical... MoreFriday, November 5, 2021DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono (Laurier Poetry) Paperback – October 19, 2021DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono engages actively with a diasporic world: Otiono is equally at home critiquing petroculture in Nigeria and in Canada. His work straddles multiple poetic traditions and places African intellectual history at the forefront of an engagement with Western poetics. The poems in this selection are drawn from Otiono's... MoreFriday, October 29, 2021Young Women against Apartheid: Gender, Youth and South Africa’s Liberation StruggleJoin us on Wednesday November 3, as Emily Bridger talks about her latest Book - Young Women against Apartheid: Gender, Youth and South Africa’s Liberation Struggle While there have been many books on South Africa’s liberation struggle during the 1980s and early 1990s, the story of the involvement of African girls and young women... MoreTuesday, October 12, 2021Female Fear Factory – Book LaunchJoin us tomorrow Wednesday October 13, as Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola talks about her latest Book - Female Fear Factory “The Female Fear Factory is the latest book from award winning academic and public intellectual Pumla Dineo Gqola. The book is an exploration of the pervasiveness of gender-based violence, and a clarion call for renewed... MoreLoad More →