Five College African Scholars Program : Fall 2007 scholar information

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09/07/2007
Fall 2007 scholar information

Scholars from Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania will be in residence until December 19, 2007.

Afis Ayinde Oladosu, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Topic: "African Modernities: Race, Gender and Nationalism in Modern Sudanese Literature".
Host institution: University of Massachusetts, English Department.

Afis Ayinde Oladosu is a cultural critic. He received his doctorate degree in North African Literature and Culture from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2001. Some of his papers already in print include the following: "From the Periphery: Periscoping the Romantic Trend in Modern Sudanese Fiction" in Islamic Culture; "Wad-Nil: Mapping the 20th Century Egypto-Sudanese History through the Sudanese Fiction" in Pakistan Historical Society; "Authority Versus Sexuality: Dialectics in Woman’s Image in Modern Sudanese Narrative Discourse" and "Children and the Unhomely in Modern Sudanese Novel" both in Hawwa; "al-Sud in African Literature: Re-Thinking Ayi Kwei Armah and Ihsan Abdul Quddus" in Journal of Oriental and African Studies; "Identities: Engaging Self and Other in Modern Sudanese Narrative Discourse" in Middle Eastern Studies and "Spatiality in Sayf al-Din Hasan Babikir’s al-Zaman" in International Journal of Arabic and English Studies. Some of his papers already accepted for publication include "The Female, the Feminist and the Feminine: Re-Reading Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North" in Studies in the Humanities and "Race" in the forthcoming Encyclopeadia of African Thought. Oladosu initiated an international conference on Islam, Terrorism and Africa's Development in 2006. The proceeding of the conference, which he edited, will be published as: Islam in Contemporary Africa: On Violence, Terrorism and Development. In 2006 he was a Fulbright Visiting Specialist at Southern Maine Community College for several weeks thought the Direct Access to the Muslim World program. He is a member of Association of Professional English-Arabic Translators in Arab Universities in Jordan (APETAU. He currently teaches Modern Arabic literature/Culture at the University of Ibadan. He is married with children.

Imani Sanga, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Department of Fina and Performing Arts.
Topic: "Changes in Popular Church Choir Music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1980-2004)".
Host institution: Mount Holyoke College, Department of Music.

Imani Sanga is a lecturer in Music in Department of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Dar es Salaam. He received his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music in 2006 from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Presently, he is working on a book manuscript based on his Ph.D dissertation titled "Muziki wa Injili: The temporal and spatial aesthetics of popular church music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1980s-2005)". For his Masters degree, He wrote as thesis on "Construction of gender and gender roles in religious choirs in Dar es Salaam". His article publications include "Composition processes in popular church music in Dar es salaam, Tanzania" in Ethnomusicology Forum, "Kumpolo: Aesthetic appreciation and cultural appropriation of bird sounds in Tanzania" in Folklore and "Gender in church music: Dynamics of gendered space in Muziki wa Injili in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania" in Journal of Popular Music Studies. His article on "Music and nationalism in Tanzania: Dynamics of national space in Muziki wa Injili in Dar es Salaam" is forthcoming in Ethnomusicology. In addition, his songbook (a collection of his arrangement of selected songs from various music cultures in Tanzania) was published in 1996. He teaches courses on Ethnomusicology, The Music of Tanzania, Fundamentals of Music, Composition and Choral Techniques. He also conducts the Dar es Salaam University Choir which performs mainly choral works from different African countries. While in South Africa in 2004-2005, he performed with the Durban Chamber Choir as tenor singer.

Peter Simatei Tirop, Moi University, Kenya.
Department of Literature, Theater & Film Studies.
Topic: "Mapping the East African Asian Diaspora: A Literary Investigation".
Host institution: Smith College, Department of Comparative Literature.

Peter Simatei teaches African literature and literary theory at Moi University in Kenya. He attended Universities in Kenya (Nairobi and Moi) and Germany (University of Bayreuth) and has been a German Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Munich. He has published on the works of Achebe, Ngugi, Vassanji, Al Amin Mazrui, Peter Nazareth, Oludhe-Macgoye and others. His revised doctoral dissertation was published by Bayreuth African Studies as The Novel and the Politics of Nation-Building in East Africa. His research interests include the dialogue between Kenyan Fiction and History, and Post colonialism and African literature. He is currently researching on the writings of the East African Asian Diaspora.

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	News > About ASP Fellows 09/07/2007 Fall 2007 scholar information Scholars from Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania will be in residence until December 19, 2007. Afis Ayinde Oladosu, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies. Topic: "African Modernities: Race, Gender and Nationalism in Modern Sudanese Literature". Host institution: University of Massachusetts, English Department. Afis Ayinde Oladosu is a cultural critic. He received his doctorate degree in North African Literature and Culture from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2001. Some of his papers already in print include the following: "From the Periphery: Periscoping the Romantic Trend in Modern Sudanese Fiction" in Islamic Culture; "Wad-Nil: Mapping the 20th Century Egypto-Sudanese History through the Sudanese Fiction" in Pakistan Historical Society; "Authority Versus Sexuality: Dialectics in Woman’s Image in Modern Sudanese Narrative Discourse" and "Children and the Unhomely in Modern Sudanese Novel" both in Hawwa; "al-Sud in African Literature: Re-Thinking Ayi Kwei Armah and Ihsan Abdul Quddus" in Journal of Oriental and African Studies; "Identities: Engaging Self and Other in Modern Sudanese Narrative Discourse" in Middle Eastern Studies and "Spatiality in Sayf al-Din Hasan Babikir’s al-Zaman" in International Journal of Arabic and English Studies. Some of his papers already accepted for publication include "The Female, the Feminist and the Feminine: Re-Reading Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North" in Studies in the Humanities and "Race" in the forthcoming Encyclopeadia of African Thought. Oladosu initiated an international conference on Islam, Terrorism and Africa's Development in 2006. The proceeding of the conference, which he edited, will be published as: Islam in Contemporary Africa: On Violence, Terrorism and Development. In 2006 he was a Fulbright Visiting Specialist at Southern Maine Community College for several weeks thought the Direct Access to the Muslim World program. He is a member of Association of Professional English-Arabic Translators in Arab Universities in Jordan (APETAU. He currently teaches Modern Arabic literature/Culture at the University of Ibadan. He is married with children. Imani Sanga, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Department of Fina and Performing Arts. Topic: "Changes in Popular Church Choir Music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1980-2004)". Host institution: Mount Holyoke College, Department of Music. Imani Sanga is a lecturer in Music in Department of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Dar es Salaam. He received his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music in 2006 from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Presently, he is working on a book manuscript based on his Ph.D dissertation titled "Muziki wa Injili: The temporal and spatial aesthetics of popular church music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1980s-2005)". For his Masters degree, He wrote as thesis on "Construction of gender and gender roles in religious choirs in Dar es Salaam". His article publications include "Composition processes in popular church music in Dar es salaam, Tanzania" in Ethnomusicology Forum, "Kumpolo: Aesthetic appreciation and cultural appropriation of bird sounds in Tanzania" in Folklore and "Gender in church music: Dynamics of gendered space in Muziki wa Injili in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania" in Journal of Popular Music Studies. His article on "Music and nationalism in Tanzania: Dynamics of national space in Muziki wa Injili in Dar es Salaam" is forthcoming in Ethnomusicology. In addition, his songbook (a collection of his arrangement of selected songs from various music cultures in Tanzania) was published in 1996. He teaches courses on Ethnomusicology, The Music of Tanzania, Fundamentals of Music, Composition and Choral Techniques. He also conducts the Dar es Salaam University Choir which performs mainly choral works from different African countries. While in South Africa in 2004-2005, he performed with the Durban Chamber Choir as tenor singer. Peter Simatei Tirop, Moi University, Kenya. Department of Literature, Theater & Film Studies. Topic: "Mapping the East African Asian Diaspora: A Literary Investigation". Host institution: Smith College, Department of Comparative Literature. Peter Simatei teaches African literature and literary theory at Moi University in Kenya. He attended Universities in Kenya (Nairobi and Moi) and Germany (University of Bayreuth) and has been a German Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Munich. He has published on the works of Achebe, Ngugi, Vassanji, Al Amin Mazrui, Peter Nazareth, Oludhe-Macgoye and others. His revised doctoral dissertation was published by Bayreuth African Studies as The Novel and the Politics of Nation-Building in East Africa. His research interests include the dialogue between Kenyan Fiction and History, and Post colonialism and African literature. He is currently researching on the writings of the East African Asian Diaspora.