Collar, Unidentified artist, South African, Mfengu culture, early 20th century; Glass beads, fiber, leather, and mother-of-pearl buttons, circumference: 14 in. (35.6 cm); Ackland Art Museum, Gift of Norma Canelas Roth and William Roth, 2017.17

The African Studies Center Presents
The First Annual African Studies Graduate Student Symposium

Africa Across the Disciplines: New Research at Carolina

Thursday, April 28, 2022, 12:30-5:00 PM
Room 1005, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-Chapel Hill

Register for the Symposium

The African Studies Center is starting a new tradition, activating our representation of the whole university by bringing together graduate students who study Africa from an array of disciplinary perspectives. This symposium will present work by graduate students in Public Policy, Art & Art History, Geography, Epidemiology, and Social Work. Their research spans the continent, with papers focused on Ghana, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Zambia. Each participant will present a ten minute talk, followed by Q&A.

Refreshments provided, all are welcome!

Welcome from Dr. Victoria Rovine and Dr. Sudhanshu Handa, Co-Directors of the African Studies Center

Money and Social Protection: Research Across Africa

Marwa Ibrahim Public Policy
Does Basic Income Support Improve Healthy Ageing? Evidence from a Large Government Program in Malawi

Juba Kafumba Public Policy
The Ethics of Providing Assistive Technology in Malawi: A Policy Dilemma

Musopa Kalenga Public Policy
The Re-entry Policy in Zambia: Morality, Equality of Education and Harm Reduction

Takondwa Musa Public Policy
The Psychology of Poverty: A replication based on Zimbabwe’s Harmonized Social Cash Transfer Program

Audrey Pereira Public Policy
‘Joy, not sorrow’: Men’s Perspectives on Gender, Violence, and Cash Transfers Targeted to Women in Ghana

Paul Sirma Public Policy
The Dosage Effect of Unconditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Malawi

Art, Mapping, and Social Support: Africanist Research at Multiple Scales

Devon V. Maloney Geography
Assessing Patterns and Drivers of Land Degradation in West Africa with Drone Remote Sensing

Taylor Hunkins Art and Art History
Temporary Spaces, Creative Places: Imagining Nairobi through Participatory Art

Aisha M. Muhammad Art and Art History
Depictions of Decay in Landscape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sara Ghebremicael Geography
Gender, Climate Change, and Food Security in Ethiopia

Nicole K. Kelly Epidemiology
Transactional Sex and Financial Savings Among Young Women in Rural South Africa: A Secondary Analysis of the HPTN 068 Trial

Graham Zulu Social Work
The Association of Social Support, HIV Stigma and HIV Disclosure among Youth Living with HIV in Zambia