This series features the Fall 2025 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.

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October 29 (Wednesday) – Health and Nutrition in Africa
Molebogeng Bodiba, “The Ameliorative Benefits Of Tulbaghia Violacea On The Hippocampi Of Streptozotocin Diabetes Induced Sprague Dawley Rats”
Charles Gafita, “Understanding the Level and Impact of High Sugar Consumption in Beverages in Rwanda”

October 31 (Friday) – Reel History, Resource Management, and Political Accountability in Africa
Alecia Ndlovu - “Political Accountability and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Resource Economies”
Christian Kwisanga - “Analysis of prevalent artisanal small-scale mining of tantalum, tin, tungsten (3T), niobium, and lithium in Rwanda”
Folakemi Ogungbe - “Reel History: Exploring Nigerian Historical Films as Windows into the Nation's Past”


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