This series features the 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.

Aminu Dramani, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Examining the Intractability of Low Intensity Conflicts in West Africa: The Case of Ghana

Tesfaye Habtu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Representation and State Ideology in Ethiopian Drama: A Critical Study of Historical Dramas of King Thewodros II

John Imokola, Makerere University, Uganda
Perspectives on Television Local Content Regulation in Uganda

Johannes Machinya (Mellon scholar), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Migration and Politics in South Africa: Normalising Xenophobia through Political Demagoguery