Lowell Brower is a fourth-generation Wisconsinite, a former werewolf hunter, the father of a Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw champion, and a current member of the Teaching Faculty in UW-Madison’s Folklore Program, where he teaches …
African History and Culture
Emily Callaci
I am an historian of modern Africa, global feminism and decolonization. My first book, Street Archives and City Life: Popular Intellectuals in Postcolonial Tanzania, explores the creative lives of urban migrant youth to the city …
Ainehi Edoro
Prof. Ainehi Edoro-Glines is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she teaches and researches African literature and digital culture, in addition to holding a joint appointment in the African Cultural …
Olayinka Olagbegi-Adegbite
Dr. Olayinka Olagbegi-Adegbite is the Assistant Director of the African Studies Program, where she advances interdisciplinary initiatives, curriculum development, and student engagement that promote understanding of Africa’s cultural, historical, and linguistic diversity. Her scholarship focuses …
KD Thompson
KD Thompson is a linguistic anthropologist and discourse analyst who explores the intersections of language, power, and identity in Muslim communities in East Africa and North America. Their research delves into how language shapes religious …