Author: alegi

Nomzamo Ntombela, a first-year PhD student in African history supervised by Professors Nwando Achebe and Peter Alegi, has been awarded a doctoral fellowship from the Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The grant will assist Nomzamo’s research and… Continue Reading PhD Student Nomzamo Ntombela Awarded Fellowship

Professor Peter Alegi was recently interviewed by Outside Write, the UK podcast about football (soccer) travel, history and culture. Alegi spoke on the history of football in Africa and stories about race, class, politics, migration, and the World Cup. Click here to listen.

Professor Peter Alegi served as a panelist in the May 2, 2020, Sports Africa Live online round table on the film Sadio Mané, Made in Senegal. The panelists also included: Simon Adetona Akindes (University of Wisconsin-Parkside), Tarminder Kaur (University of Johannesburg), Ousmane Sène (West Africa… Continue Reading Alegi at Sports Africa Live

Prof. Peter Alegi recently traveled to Dakar, Senegal, to attend the 13th Sports Africa conference. The theme of the conference was “Popular Sports, Mass Sports and Elite Sports in Everyday Africa.” Alegi presented a paper on “The New Historiography of Southern African Football” and also… Continue Reading Alegi at Sports Africa in Dakar

Dr. Liz Timbs has been awarded a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in sub-Saharan African History at North Carolina State University. A Fulbright scholar and Interim Assistant Director of the MSU African Studies Center, Dr. Timbs recently completed her PhD under Prof. Peter Alegi’s guidance. Her dissertation… Continue Reading Timbs Awarded Postdoc