Africa

September 9, 2019
Pan-Africanism to be explored in UMMA’s inaugural commission

The U-M Museum of Art’s inaugural commission will explore Pan-Africanism. Visitors can view the new large-scale installation and hear from the artist who created it during an UMMA After Hours event Sept. 21.
September 4, 2019
‘Ancient graffiti’ explored in new Kelsey Museum exhibition

“Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile: El-Kurru, Sudan,” now open at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, explores one part of private religious ritual in ancient Kush.
August 8, 2018
Provost’s trip to Africa highlights deep collaborations

Provost Martin Philbert paid visits to a variety of U-M projects during a recent trip to Africa, where his itinerary included stops in Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa.
February 3, 2016
Focus on great apes creates research gaps in tropical Africa, Asia

A U-M study looks at how a focus on gorillas, chimpanzees and other great apes has led to knowledge gaps in the research from large national parks in tropical Africa and Asia.
December 8, 2015
University designates $90,000 to program for Ethiopian scholars

The offices of the president and the provost have designated $90,000 for the African Studies Center’s U-M African Presidential Scholars program in support of rising Ethiopian academics.