An interview with Prof. James C. McCann, Associate Director, African Studies Center Human impact on the environment may be partially to blame for the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak spreading through West Africa, researchers say. Global warming, logging, and road construction have put humans in closer contact with infected bats and gorillas. In a 2012 study in the Onderstepoort Journal […]
Assoc. Prof. Fallou Ngom, Anthropology, and Director of the African Language Program at Boston University. The distinction between language learning and acquisition in the field of applied linguistics is not fortuitous. While the former is construed as artificial, the latter is understood as natural and deeply embedded in the socialization process. From the times of […]
LISTEN HERE Though Africa is often associated with famine, the continent has a rich food history that few outsiders understand. Today, as part of our occasional series Food Mondays, Worldview takes a look at the history of African food with James McCann, author of Stirring the Pot: A History of African Cuisine. In his book, […]