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Eric Schmidt won African Libraries Student Paper Prize from the African Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology

in Center News

Assistant Director of the ASC, Dr. Eric Schmidt, won the African Libraries Student Paper Prize from the African Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology for the 2017 paper, “Making Purple Rain in the Sahara: Sahel Sounds and the Telling of a ‘Universal Story’ in a Particular Place.” Dr. Schmidt will deliver an updated and expanded talk on this research for […]

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Building Inclusive Platforms for U.S.-Africa Engagement: Visit by the African Union Ambassador H.E. Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao 

in Center News, Diaspora Studies Initiative

On September 6, 2018, the Boston University African Studies Center and Pardee School of Global Studies welcomed the Ambassador of the African Union to the United States, H.E. Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, for a discussion of building productive partnerships among the African diaspora, the academic community, and the African Union. The Ambassador was accompanied by her […]

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