The interviewees, from Tanzania, Kenya, Nepal, Somalia and Sierra Leone, bring a wealth of different experiences and perspectives and their stories are exciting and inspiring.…
There is anxiety in many quarters about a shortage of academics in Africa’s universities. These worries have led to a spate of programs to identify,…
Young African scientists face persistent barriers which cause them to leave their own countries, and even academia. This means the continent’s work force loses highly…
With support from her 2007-08 AAUW International Fellowship, Ngumbi earned a Ph.D. in entomology (the study of insects), becoming the first person to earn a…
Tererai Trent, Ph.D., was bound to follow the path that so many women had travelled before her: early marriage, abuse, illiteracy, poverty. Born in a…
