The Nnamdi Azikiwe Awards for the Best Graduate and Undergraduate Student Papers in African Studies
The MSU African Studies Center announces a program of two annual awards for the best graduate and the best undergraduate student papers in African studies. The papers should have been written within the past year, should be approximately 20 double-spaced pages in length, and should focus on issues related to any aspect of the study of African nations and peoples – including governance, health, society, gender, science, development, education, environment, communication, and language.
The award honors former Nigerian President Nnamdi Azikiwe, a scholar and politician, who led Nigeria as its first civilian president and who invited MSU faculty to join him and other Nigerians to build a land-grant model university in Eastern Nigeria. This became the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, had a distinguished educational history, and was the beginnings of the MSU African Studies faculty, now approximately 170 scholars spanning 13 colleges and many departments.
Papers will be reviewed by a faculty committee, and the awards will be made in spring 2009. The winning papers will be peer- reviewed for publication in a new African Studies Working Papers Series, and each author will receive a $200 prize.
Papers should be submitted to the African Studies office via e-mail (in MS Word or WordPerfect) or by mail (both hard copy and on diskette/ CD/DVD). Please follow the detailed criteria and submission procedures at Azikiwe Award Rules.
