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Weise’s lecture focused on women’s roles and authority in pre-colonial West Africa and the changes that colonialism brought about.
Her research has a focus on politics and religion within Central Nigeria, focusing in on the ethnic groups located in the Niger-Benue confluence.
The lecture highlighted the Nupe, Yoruba and Eriba ethnic groups.
“Her works have appeared in peer-reviewed journals; in edited collections dedicated to African history, African art history, linguistics and ethnohistory,” said Phyllis Thompson, director of the ETSU Women’s Studies Program. “Her ethnohistorical films of religious masquerades in Nigeria have been shown internationally as well as in the United States.”