Farah Bakaari is a scholar of 20th and 21st century African literature. She joins Berkeley English after receiving her Ph.D. from Cornell University. Her teaching and research interests include postcolonial studies, questions of comparison, political theory and the novel as well as the...Read more about Farah Bakaari
The Class of 1957, Chair; Director, Center for African Studies, Professor of Music Department
Center for African Studies
James Q Davies is The Class of 1957 Chair, the Faculty Director at the Center for African Studies, and Professor of Music. He is editor of the UChicago Press book series New Material Histories of Music, and scholar with musicological interests and expertise in the long...Read more about James Q Davies
Professor Nwokeji was educated at the University of Port Harcourt, Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife), Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the University of Toronto. He was an assistant professor of history at the University of Connecticut for four years prior to...Read more about G. Ugo Nwokeji
Dr. Duncan Omanga is an educationist, program manager, and academic with a deep commitment to the study of Africa. He currently serves as Associate Director at the Center for African Studies (CAS) and Manager of the Mastercard...Read more about Duncan Omanga