By bolu Owoeye, Center for African Studies. The Interdisciplinary Humanities Africanist Writing Group, known as IHAWG, fosters a supportive intellectual community for students conducting Africa…
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By Bolu Owoeye, Center for African Studies Founded by Simi Aluko, the Africanist Student Workshop is a student-centered forum that supports emerging Africa-focused research across Stanford. The…
By Bolu Owoeye, Center for African Studies The Center for African Studies (CAS) announces the 2025/2026 undergraduate recipients of its Faculty–Student Research Partnership Program. This initiative…
By Bolu Owoeye, Center for African Studies Kuot Kiir’s path to Stanford began in Akeer Adoor, a rural community in South Sudan, where attending school meant walking for hours each day. Raised in a…
Mpho Molefe is a PhD candidate in the English Department. Her project begins from the premise that nationalist narratives prioritizing citizenship as the single metric for belonging minimize the ways…
Mathew Ayodele is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Stanford University, where he is also pursuing a PhD minor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. His research investigates the…
This summer, Mahder Takele Teshome, a PhD student at Stanford University, embarked on a research trip to Rwanda with the support of the Center for African Studies (CAS). During her visit, Mahder had…
We are thrilled to announce that Venolia Rabodiba and Ozgul Ozdemir have been awarded the prestigious Susan Ford Dorsey Innovation Africa Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year. This fellowship…
The Center for African Studies has announced the recipients of its new Faculty-Undergraduate Research Partnerships, which pairs Stanford faculty with undergraduates to work collaboratively on…
We are thrilled to shine the spotlight on our very own CAS superstar, Ecy King, who recently garnered well-deserved recognition in Stanford Report. Ecy, not only a senior class president but also a…