The Africa Institute in Sharjah, UAE -a center for research, documentation, and study of Africa and its diaspora -has announced seven new faculty appointments, fellows of its Research Fellowship Program, the fellows of its inaugural class of Global Africa Translation Fellows, and the launch of a new Creative Writing fellowship program.
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Inaugural fellowship group of The Africa Institute announced
23 Feb 2021
Muhammad Yusuf,
Features Writer
Sharjah based The Africa Institute (TAI), the first centre of its kind in the Arab world dedicated to the advanced study, research and documentation of Africa and the African diaspora, has announced the inaugural group of fellowships awarded through its new Research Fellowships Program. Conceived as a research-based think tank and postgraduate studies institution, the Institute offers both Masters and PhD programmes dedicated to training a new generation of critical thinkers in African and African diaspora studies, evolving a new model for academic research, teaching and documentation in the field. In advancement of these goals, TAI has inaugurated the senior fellowship named in honour of the late professor of African studies, Ali A Mazrui, as well as two postdoctoral fellowships named for scholar, curator and art critic Okwui Enwezor and for world-renowned Moroc