‘Under the Hanging Tree’ was selected as Namibia’s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.

Christina is a dedicated police officer investigating a murder on a remote farm. As she delves deeper into the case, she uncovers not only the truth behind the crime but also her own family’s…

Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. Mr. Gurnah is known for his novels about the effects of colonialism and displacement in the world. 

In 2021, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism”…

Martin Fayulu is a Congolese Politician and the leader of the Engagement for Citizenship and Development Party in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

His political career began in 1991 when he attended the Sovereign National Conference in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) then Zaïre, which gathered delegates from…

Africa World Initiative hosted the Nigerian Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, at Princeton University on September 27th, 2024. Building from an earlier visit in 2022 when the Program in African Studies hosted a team from the Office of Nigerian Vice…

This year's Princeton Alumni for Africa Reunion will be held again at the Louis A. Simpson Lawn on Thursday, May 23rd, 2024, at 4 pm.

Presenting the Inaugural Africa World Lectures, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Enugu, Nigeria in 1977. She grew up on the campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where her father was a professor, and her mother was the first female registrar. She graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University with a degree in Communication and Political Science.

Princeton University’s Africa World Initiative and Program in African Studies in partnership with The Christie and Chinua Achebe Foundation are hosting the Chinua Achebe Symposium and 10th Anniversary Memorial celebration on September 29th and 30th.