News Archive
From the Director
ASC Director Allen F. Roberts introduces ASC's new eNEWSLETTER and gives a roundup of 2006.
Posted: 1/30/2007
Forty Years of 'African Arts'
Herbert M. Cole looks at four decades of "African Arts" at UCLA and what the future may have in store for the journal and the field of African art.
Posted: 1/10/2007
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Shares His Art
On a book tour for his English translation of 'Wizard of the Crow,' the Kenyan novelist and playwright teaches a UCLA audience about dictators, globalization, and 'the unity behind creation.'
Posted: 11/6/2006
UCLA Visiting Professor Wins Prestigious French Book Prize
Prix Renaudot winners become "mega-stars overnight" in France.
Posted: 11/6/2006
Obituary: Mazisi Kunene, South African Poet Laureate, Anti-apartheid Leader, and UCLA Professor
The UCLA African Studies Center held a memorial service for Kunene on Oct. 12.
Posted: 10/18/2006
Bright Lights, Hard Lives
The people of Nigeria's southern delta region benefit little from oil wealth. UCLA panel discussions focus on the causes of their distress.
Posted: 10/11/2006
From Dorms to Dakar
WAC students experience language, culture of Senegal through UCLA Summer Session program.
Posted: 9/18/2006
UCLA Fowler Museum to Premiere 'Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara Nomads in a Modern World' Oct. 29
The first major U.S. exhibition on Tuareg art and culture examines the history of "the Blue People of the Sahara," so-called for their indigo turbans that at times stain their skin and define their identity as they ride on majestic camels.
Posted: 8/25/2006
'As a Teacher, I Have Power'
W. Michael 'Jelani' Hamm, the Coordinator for the Social Justice Magnet at Crescent Heights Elementary, discusses his experiences at a two-day K-12 teachers' workshop on the plight of African children.
Posted: 7/5/2006
Soccer, Nationalism, and Globalization
With the 2006 FIFA World Cup days away from kicking off, the African Activist Association staged their first conference of its kind, "Soccer, Nationalism, and Globalization" on the 31st of May 2006.
Posted: 6/26/2006
