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Maarifa, Spring 2016, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This sixteen page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documents program updates, alumni news, faculty and student spotlights, course schedules, upcoming events, scholarship opportunities, and more.

Maarifa, Spring/Summer 2015, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This nineteen page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documents faculty and student highlights, course offerings, upcoming events, scholarship opportunities, and more.

This is the inaugural issue of the new African and African American Studies Program newsletter, now called Maarifa, a Kiswahili term for "knowledge."

Culla Mi Gullah, Re-Imagining African American Female Artists And The Sea Islands: Exploring Africanisms And Religious Expressions In Creative Works, Rebekkah Mulholland

Master of Humanities Capstone Projects

While the Sea Islands have captured the interest of scholars and artists, especially since Zora Neale Hurston’s groundbreaking novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), this thesis provides a historiography of Africanisms and religious expressions explored in Gullah literary traditions within African-American women’s fiction, specifically with regards to the works of Julie Dash and Tina McElroy Ansa. Following Hurston’s example, during the 1980s Toni Morrison, Toni Cade Bambara and Paule Marshall further laid the groundwork for writers to signify upon. This qualitative study of Dash’s 1991 film and novel Daughters of the Dust (1997) along with Ansa’s novels Baby of …

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Spring Quarter 2009, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This ten page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program features course offerings, faculty reflections, and more.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Spring Quarter 2008, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This ten page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program features course offerings, faculty and student reflections, a quiz, and more.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Winter Quarter 2007, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This six page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documents course offerings, faculty and student reflections, a schedule of local events, and more.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Fall Quarter 2006, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This four page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documenting course offerings and participating faculty.

African And African American Newsletter, Spring Quarter 2006, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documents course offerings, faculty and student reflections, a schedule of local events, and more.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Fall Quarter 2005, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documenting faculty and student reflections, course offerings, and more.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Winter Quarter 2004, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documenting faculty reflections, course offerings, a logo design contest, events on campus and more.

African And African American Studies, Spring Quarter 2004, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documenting course offerings, faculty and student reflections, and more.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Winter Quarter 2003, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This is a six page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documenting course offerings, faculty reflections, a list of faculty, and more.

African And African American Studies Newsletter, Spring Quarter 2002, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This is the inaugural eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documenting course offerings, faculty and student news, faculty and student reflections, and more. Of particular note, on the seventh page in a section titled "Director's Corner," is a statement mentioning the approval of the Ohio Board of Regents for Wright State to offer a major in African and African American Studies.