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WARA's Mission

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Research

Foster the production and dissemination of current research on West Africa and the diaspora

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Exchange

Promote scholarly exchange among West African scholars and institutions and their counterparts in the US and beyond

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Global Awareness

Provide US audiences with accurate information on events and developments in West Africa and increase awareness of the critical place of West Africa in the global community

Featured Fellows

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Post-doctoral Fellowship 2022

Assan Sarr (Ohio University) “Islam in the Southern Fulɓe Heartland: Fula Itinerant Clerics in the Gambia, Upper Casamance and Guinea-Bissau Region c. 1803-1996”

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West African Scholars Mobility Fellowship

Sana Saidykhan (Ohio University)- Gambia- “The Political Economy of Deforestation in The Gambia, 1939-2005.”

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WARA Residency Fellow 2021

Aisha Ibrahim (Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone)- Sierra Leone- Residency at American

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WARC Travel Grantee 2021

Nehal Tinon Djouga Mamadou (University of Parakou, Benin) - Benin- “Molecular identification of root-knot nematodes”

WARA News & Activities

June 17, 2021 5 comments

Focus on Fellows – Dr. Brad Hounkpati

“My field of research is very difficult. It takes on average 7 years to train native English speakers (US) to become insect taxonomist. I lost nearly 3 years of my doctoral research because of lack of funding to conduct research on West African Coccinellidae. But thanks to the WARC travel grant in 2013/2014, I was […]

August 10, 2020 No Comments

Congratulations to the WARA 2020 fellows!

This Spring we received a pool of very strong candidates for each of the WARA Fellowships. We are continually inspired by the work of all of our applicants and look forward to seeing even more impressive candidates next year! In the meantime, please join us in congratulating the recipients of this year’s fellowship competition. WARA […]

July 2, 2020 No Comments

WARA congratulates the Spring 2020 WARC Travel Grant Awardees

Thank you to everyone who submitted applications for the WARC Travel Grant this summer. We received an abundance of excellent proposals and regret that we are unable to fund more of them. Please join us in congratulating the following awardees! We are excited about the work you are doing and look forward to your success! Afoussatou […]

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