Fall 2023 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series
Wednesdays, 3:30-6:00 PM (In-person presentations)
Kessler Student Center, Room 1040 (LSA Building)
Reception follows the presentations

These presentations feature the U-M African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

November 01, 2023
Theoneste Hagenimana (Rwanda). Potential Health Risk of Acrylamide and Mitigation by the Use of Potato Peel Wastes in Fried Potato Products in Rwanda

Heitor Mutchamua (Mozambique). Properties of Green Coconuts Fiber For Fabrication and Reinforcement of Food Packaging Materials

Joseph Kachim (Ghana). “We are more than Settlers”: Negotiating Konkomba Citizenship and Belonging in Northern Ghana

Fatumah Mirembe (Uganda). BUTIRU: A Precolonial Iron Production Village in Eastern Uganda

November 8, 2023

Sola Edagbami (Nigeria). Lateral Growth Rooted Tree Optimisation Approach to Image Segmentation

Amaka Emordi (Nigeria). Child Neglect, Streetism, and Urban Violence: A Study of Skolombo Boys and Lacasera Girls of Calabar, Nigeria

Mundia Kabinga (South Africa). Rethinking Energy Systems and Transitions in Africa: The Case of South Africa's Rapidly Transforming Electricity Sector

Babalwa Magoqwana (South Africa). Consolidating the African Sociological Vocabularies from the Vernacular: Lessons from Southern Africa