Ngom Delivers African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture at ASA Annual Meeting
Fallou Ngom, Director of the African Studies Center at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, delivered the African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture at the African Studies Association annual meeting held in Boston from November 21-23, 2019.
Ngom delivered a lecture emphasizing the importance written sources for exploring African history and society.
“We are excluding millions of people from reflecting on their own lives and communities through our limited definition of literacy,” Ngom said. “This needs to change.”