List of Participants - Stolten's African Studies Resources

Africa in World Politics
Sati Fwatshak
Sati Fwatshak is in the Department of History and
International Studies at the University of Jos, Jos,
Nigeria.
Geetha Ganga
Geetha Ganga is from Kerala but lives and teaches
English Language at an Arts and Science College in
Chennai, India. She obtained a PhD Degree from the
University of Madras in 2009, for her Dissertation
entitled, “Historicizing Somalia Through Literary
Narrative: The Fiction of Nuruddin Farah.” Geetha is
interested in the contemporary political history of
Somalia.
Semahagn Gashu
Dr. Gillian Glaes
Originally from Missoula, Montana, Dr. Glaes is an
Assistant Professor of History at Carroll College (MT).
She earned her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison, where she completed fields in modern French
history, modern German history, European social and
cultural history, and modern African history. She
conducted fieldwork in France and wrote a dissertation
entitled, "The Mirage of Fortune: West African
Immigration to Paris and the Development of a Post-
Colonial Immigrant Community, 1960-1981." Her
research interests include migration, ethnicity, race, and
identity in colonial and post-colonial France, the social
history of medicine and public health, surveillance, and
the history of immigrant associations and organization.
Currently, she is revising her manuscript for publication
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