Taking African Cartoons Seriously, Again: The Multimodal Art of Coping with the Postcolonial Incredible

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courtesy Tolulope Akinwole

A close-up of Tolulope Akinwole.

Tolulope Akinwole

The African Studies Program at UW-Madison has always been strong; its weekly “Africa at Noon” lecture series is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and the program is also collaborating with the African Center for Community Development Inc. on a new monthly series, “Africa Talks.” In this session Tolulope Akinwole, a doctoral candidate in English at UW, will discuss postcolonial themes in African cartoons.

media release: Africa Talks is a new monthly talk series purposefully launched by the African Studies Program at UW-Madison in collaboration with the African Center for Community Development, Inc to coincide with the 50^th Anniversary of Africa at Noon. This year, we want to celebrate 50 years of sharing scholarships on campus by reminding our community that the work we do must extend beyond the walls of the university. Every last Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., advanced graduate student affiliates of the African Studies Program will present a one-hour talk to community members at the Community Relations office in UW South Madison Partnership (UWSMP). Read more about this partnership at Capital City Hues.

Dec. 6 (moved from Nov. 29): Tolulope Akinwole, Department of English, UW-Madison  

Tolulope is a doctoral candidate in English at UW-Madison. His research interests revolve around global Black literatures, African cultural studies, and critical geography. He is currently a dissertation fellow at UW-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities, where he is completing his research on literary and cultural representations of automobility in postcolonial Africa. He obtained master’s degrees in Literary Studies, African Cultural Studies, and English Language from UW-Madison and the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is associate editor of Africanwriter.com, an online magazine of contemporary African and African diaspora literatures, and he manages Africacartoons.com. His research has been supported by the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers’ Associations, the African Studies Research Award, the Ebrahim Hussein Research Fellowship, and the Graduate School at UW-Madison.