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Burkina Faso fighters seek protection with spiritual rituals By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press April 29, 2021 — 8:40am Text size Copy shortlink: OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Antoine Ouedraogo didn't run when Islamic extremist fighters killed his colleagues only feet away from him in northern Burkina Faso. Instead...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Antoine Ouedraogo didn’t run when Islamic extremist fighters killed his colleagues only feet away from him in northern Burkina Faso. Instead, the 53-year-old says, he simply recited a secret word and became invisible. The father of 17, who used to arrest bandits and now fights the extremists as part of a local defense militia, says a secret medicine he took as a child continues to protect him from bullets and machetes. “As adults, we still have that medicine inside of us,” he said. “Even now if something happens, I can disappear.” Fighters like Ouedrao...

A Reading Featuring Caine Prize-winner Irenosen Okojie Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Irenosen Okojie, winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. This event will be hosted by Prof. Lahra Smith, Director of African Studies Program. Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-British writer. She is the winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize For Fiction for her story, “Grace Jones.” Her debut novel  Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in the  New York Times, the  Guardian, ...

Seton Hall University Thursday, March 11, 2021 By Amaris Roberts Last month, the Center for Faculty Development and a panel of distinguished faculty members joined forces to present a stimulating, literature-based dialogue on the Civil Rights Movement. The discussion emphasized new interpretations and highlighted books that offer more perspective to this monumental movement. As lifelong learners, we must grapple with the fact that the history taught in childhood and adolescence does not capture the depth and nuance required to understand events associated with this movement entirely. It is in...