HIGHLIGHT Festival Salam
HIGHLIGHT Salam Festival on Sufi Music: UNC North Carolina, UCAD Dakar, GFM Dakar and WARC Dakar team up to boost the academic component of the event. Every year(for the last three years), during the...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT: Emiley Riley
HIGHLIGHT : Researchers’ Mini Seminars Emily Riley, Phd (Michigan State University: Teranga and Hospitality as the Foundation of the Senegalese Nation and of Political and Religious Practices in...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT Sembene across the continent
HIGHLIGHT Warc, Galle Ceddo, Cacsen and Daaray Semben launch Sembene Across the Continent celebrating the 10th anniversary of the filmmaker’s death. The West African Research Center(WARC), on Tuesday,...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT : Chef Pierre Thiam Senegalese and West African Cuisine
Chef Pierre Thiam Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes from the Source to the Bowl On Wednesday June 7th, the WARC videoconference room hosted a lively presentation on Senegalese and West African cuisine...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT: Dr Victoria Rovine
HIGHLIGHT Dr Victoria Rovine, Art History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: “Africa, Fashion Design and Colonial History: The Surprising Power of Clothing” An Associate Professor of Art...
View ArticleHighlight “Beyond Tombouctou”
HIGHLIGHT: Book Launch and Public Lecture: Prof Ousmane Oumar Kane Au-delà de Tombouctou Erudition Islamique et Histoire Intellectuelle en Afrique Occidentale (CERDIS/CODESRIA, Dakar, 2017) Ousmane...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT Symposium Women’s Leadership in Senegal
HIGHLIGHT Symposium: Women’s Leadership in Senegal: Historical Survey, Current Trends and Perspectives (A Tribute to Professor Aminata Diaw-Cissé) The above event was held today Thursday, October...
View ArticlePrix HERSKOVITS
UN ANCIEN DE L’UNIVERSITÉ GASTON BERGER SE FAIT HONORER A LA CONFÉRENCE ASA À CHICAGO LE BAAY FAAL DE LA RECHERCHE SUR L’AJAMI, LE PROFESSEUR FALLOU NGOM, REMPORTE LE PRESTIGIEUX PRIX HERSKOVITS. Le...
View ArticleHighlight Leigh Swigart
HIGHLIGHT: Public Lecture by Dr Leigh Swigart, Brandeis University: Global Court, Local Languages: How the International Criminal Court Pursues Multilingual Justice Dr. Leigh Swigart of the...
View ArticleHighlight Aminata Diaw Cissé
HIGHLIGHT: COSEF, UCAD and WARC pay tribute to the late Professor Aminata Diaw Cisse In April 2017, Aminata Diaw-Cissé, an activist, feminist, distinguished member of the Senegalese civil society,...
View ArticleHighlight Help Save the Children
HIGHLIGHT : Celebrating five years of “Help the Street Children” activities In 2014-2015, with funding from the Youth Action Network and Unesco-Dakar, the West African Research Center (WARC) launched...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT: Le Cheikh des Deux Rives
HIGHLIGHT: Book Launch: Le Cheikh des Deux Rives: Actes du Colloque International sur le Centenaire du Rappel a Dieu de Cheikhna Cheikh Saad Bouh (1917-2017) (Presses Universitaires de Dakar, Sénégal,...
View ArticleHighlight: Black History Month 2018
HIGHLIGHT Black History Month 2018 at WARC: Wrap Up The four events featured for the celebration of Black History Month in February 2018 at the West African Research Center (WARC) were very well...
View ArticleHighlight Pr Bathily
HIGHLIGHT WARC Public Lectures Series: Prof Abdoulaye Bathily: L’Afrique, un Continent Convoité, face aux Défis de ses Choix Unitaires After Abdoulaye Bathily, the retired professor emeritus from the...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT A New Conference Room at WARC
Over the last years, the West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar has developed into one of the most regularly visited sites for many study abroad programs coming to Senegal and West Africa each...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT: AAA/ASA Conference in Jo’burg
HIGHLIGHT: AAA/ASA Conference in South Africa: Africa in the World Johannesburg, June 25-28, 2018 Over four days, the Rosebank Crowne Plaza Hotel in Johannesburg drew a large crowd of participants to...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT AHP ACLS conference Ghana
HIGHLIGHT: African Humanities Program(AHP) Consultative Regional Assembly in Ghana Accra,Ghana, International Students’ Guest Center (ISGC) May 31 – June 02, 2018 After the AAA/ASA meeting in...
View ArticleHIGHLIGHT Salam festival 2018
HIGHLIGHT: Salaam Festival in Dakar and an Institute for the Study of Religions at UCAD For four years now, the Salam Festival initiated by the senegalese pop musician and star Youssou Ndour and his...
View ArticleHighlight Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah
HIGHLIGHT: Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah visits WARC On June 10-16, 2018, the daughter of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana and champion of Panafricanism and the integration of the...
View ArticleHighlight DIAS Conf 2018
HIGHLIGHT: The 4th international conference of the Dakar Institute opens at WARC For four years running, the Dakar Institute of African Studies (DIAS) mostly grouping young african faculty teaching in...
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