This series features the Winter 2026 University of Michigan 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.

Monday, March 23, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Gender, Culture, and Electrochemical Sensing in Africa

Zainab Bello (Nigeria) | “Cultural Reclamation of Textile Narratives: A Visual Exploration of Hausa Folktales as Inspiration for Wax Print Designs in Northern Nigeria”

Vanessa Mokwebo (South Africa) | “Detection and Removal of Antidepressant Drugs in the Aquatic Environment: Fluoxetine Studies”

Nuniyat Abebe (Ethiopia) | “Gender Imbalance in Research Areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, NLP, and Related Topics in the Context Of The Country Ethiopia”

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