Eye on Africa
March 16th, 2023
Dr. Ousseina Alidou
Hausa Popular Songs and Performance: Musical Digital Advocacy Against Gender-based Violence in Society
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African Tea Time
March 16th, 2023
South Africa
Research and Innovation in African Universities II: A focus on South Africa
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Food Security and Women Economic Empowerment
ASC has partnered with Kayo Waqa Women Self Help Group on a project titled Food Security and Women Economic Empowerment: Promoting Agropastoralism among the Borana of Kenya. Funded by the Network for Global Civic Engagement (NGCE), this project aims to focus on four components to support the Borana community in Isiolo County, Kenya: (1) Training community members on farming practices suited for their area. (2) Conducting economic empowerment workshops for women. (3) Training community members on garden construction and building the gardens. (4) Digging compost pits for homemade fertilizer. The Borana community is a historically nomadic pastoralist group that moves with the environment in search of water and pastures to care for their livestock. The recent droughts in Kenya, due to the effects of global climate change, have forced the Borana people to alter aspects of their nomadic lifestyle in order to accommodate these drastic changes. Thus, this project led by the community, as well as Adano Lelo Mohamed (Kayo Waqa Women Self Help Group) and Damaris Choti (MSU African Studies Center) aims to assist the women of the Borana community in building and maintaining sustainable food sources like Zai pits and vertical stack farms, in an effort to enhance nutrition, food security, and to promote self-empowerment. Moreover, the resulting produce will garner economic benefits for the community too as they can sell surplus to others. Please reach out to Damaris Choti at chotid@msu.edu for more information about this exciting project.
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US and African Universities Engagement Day 1
March 27, 2023
Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) is hosting a Town Hall with Paul Zeleza, Associate Provost and North Star Distinguished Professor at Case Western Reserve University. This event will provide highlights of the US Strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa and the role that Universities and initiatives like the AAP as a US-Africa University network could play in the implementation of the strategy. The implications of expanding the AAP network to include other US and African universities will also be discussed. Register at this link
US and African Universities Engagement Day 2
March 28, 2023
Day 2 of this Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) event is a dissemination workshop (Virtual Dissemination Workshop: Diverse Black Africa (DBA) Program) for the teams that are part of the first cohort of the Diverse Black Africa (DBA) program, established in 2021 by AAP with funding from the Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion to increase the collaboration between Black faculty and administrators at MSU with African colleagues. The teams are expected to share their research, teaching, exchange, and outreach activities and discuss strategies for expanding their work. Register at this link
Symposium on Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Africa: the History and Current Status of LGBTQ+ in Kenya
April 19, 2023
This event is co-sponsored by the African Studies Center and College of Arts and Letters and will involve two guest speakers from Kenya, i.e. Dr. Babere Chacha (Laikipia University) and Dr Mumbi Machera (University of Nairobi). Dr. Jonathan Choti will co-host the event alongside Dr. Danny Mendez of the Department of Romance and Classical Studies. See the flyer for more information
STIAS Fellowship
Deadline: April 30, 2023
Stellenbosch Institute for Advance Study (STIAS) provides and maintains an independent ‘creative space for the mind’ to advance the cause of science and scholarship across all disciplines. It is global in its reach and local in its African roots, and values original thinking and innovation in this context. No restriction is placed on the country of origin, discipline, or academic affiliation when STIAS considers a fellowship invitation. It encourages the cross-pollination of ideas and hence gives preference to projects that will tap into, and benefit from, a multi-disciplinary discourse while also contributing unique perspectives to such a discourse. This interaction is fostered by inviting individual fellows or project teams where each team member is evaluated individually. Learn more about this fellowship
OISS Coffee Hour
Every Friday, 4-6pm EST
Spartan Rooms B&C International Center
Join the Office for International Students and Scholars for Coffee Hour, a free event where students, staff, faculty, and community members gather to connect over coffee each week. Different hosts offer educational programs, information on how to get involved on campus, and fun activities that change throughout the year.
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Student Groups & Activities
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African Female Student Empowerment Program
The African Female Student Empowerment Program (AFSEP) is a support program that provides space where African female students at MSU come together to build comradeship, receive mentorship and engage in activities that will foster their self-esteem and develop their leadership and professional expertise.
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African Media Program
Database of audio-visual materials and education services
africanmedia.msu.edu
Archive of Malian Photography
Digitized collections of five important photographers in Mali
amp.matrix.msu.edu
Overcoming Apartheid
First-hand accounts of this important political movement
overcomingapartheid.msu.edu
Afripod
Podcast about African history, culture and politics
afripod.aodl.org
African Activist Archive Project 
Documents, photographs, artifacts, written and oral memories
africanactivist.msu.edu
African Online Digital Library
 Free universal access to cultural heritage materials
aodl.org
Africana Collection
African Studies at the MSU Library
libguides.lib.msu.edu/africa
Exploring Africa
High quality African resources for students and educators
exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu
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Center Funding Opportunities
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Curriculum Development Grants ($3,000 summer stipends): to support faculty interested in developing a new course or seminar related to Africa or revising an extant course or seminar to include at least 25% of Africa content.
Curriculum Enhancement Grants ($1,000): for purchase of Africa related curricular materials, payment of guest speakers.
Conference Travel Grants ($1,000): to support Africanist Faculty for conference expenses.
Special Programming Grants (amount varies): to bring a guest speaker; host a panel discussion; plan a social event etc.
Strategic Partnership Grants (amount varies): to strengthen strategic partnerships with universities and other institutions of higher education and research in Africa. (a 20% matching funds from applicants' deans or department chairpersons is required).
Global IDEAS: Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, and Scholarship curates external funding opportunities for international research from a comprehensive suite of sources, along with our knowledge of the donor landscape. These opportunities are compiled in one weekly email newsletter, available only to MSU faculty, staff and students.
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