August 2007
Imani Sanga, Ph.D.
Department of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Topic: Changes in Popular Church Choir Music in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (1980-2004)
Peter Simatei, Ph.D.
Department of Literature, Theater and Film Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Topic: Mapping the East African Asian Diaspora: A Literary Investigation
Afis Ayinde Oladosu, Ph.D.
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Topic: African Modernities: Race, Gender and Nationalism in Modern Sudanese Literature
January 2007
Fraternel Divin Amuri Misako
Department Political Science and Administration, University of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo
Topic: The Geopolitics of the Maï Maï Phenomenon in Maniema (DRC): A Reexamination of Nationalist Visions and Militia Violence
Ibrahim Mouiche, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science, University of Yaounde II, Cameroon
Topic: Globalization and Islamic Activism in the Bamun Kingdom (Cameroon)