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The Struggle for African Area Studies: A View from Wisconsin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Richard D. Ralston
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Three separate but related issues made an unforgettable impression on me during 1982-1985, the three years that I chaired the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Today, they seem daunting and no less diminished: 1) the perennial threats of severe cuts in federal Title VI funding for international language and area studies, 2) the apparent demoralization of area studies graduates owing to a gloomy job market picture, and, despite these blows, 3) the continuing, demonstrated importance of African Area Studies to our campuses and society at large.

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African Issues , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , Winter 1988 , pp. 41 - 44
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1988 

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