Looking for an intensive language program this summer? Ohio University will be offering Akan, IsiZulu, Somali, Swahili and Wolof this summer. Summer Intensive Language Details


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Dr. Peter Githinji githinji@ohio.edu

The Freedom of the Writer
by Ghirmai Negash
Twenty years ago, in November 1992, Ghirmai Negash delivered “The Freedom of the Writer” as a speech at the then Officers Club in Asmara, Eritrea, to an audience of Eritrean writers, journalists, and intellectuals.  First printed and circulated in Europe as a booklet, it was included in the author’s Tigrinya-language book, The Freedom of the Writer & Other Cultural and Literary Essays (The Red Sea Press, 2006). While describing and offering a pointed critical evaluation of the ordeal of Eritrean writers across generations  of colonial rule, this historical piece also goes beyond its time in that it is prescient of the post-independence government’s crackdown on the freedom of expression in the country, a few years later. >> More

Sports in Africa Conference Participants

Keynote address by Astou Ndiaye (Webcast recording)

African Studies @ NOON
Climate Change and Development: Accessing the Post-Durban Landscape
Dr. Wangui- Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Dr. Smucker - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Mr. Velempini - Graduate Student, International Development Studies