AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION 60TH ANNUAL MEETING INSTITUTIONS: CREATIVITY AND RESILIENCE IN AFRICA November 16 – 18, 2017 Chicago, IL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Marissa Moorman, Indiana University Bloomington Susanna Wing, Haverford College LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Mark DeLancey, DePaul University Amy Settergren, Northwestern University ASA OFFICERS President: Anne Pitcher, University of Michigan Vice President: Jean Allman, Washington University in St. Louis Past President: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University Treasurer: Kathleen Sheldon, University of California, Los Angeles BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nwando Achebe, Michigan State University Aderonke Adesola Adesanya, James Madison University Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Columbia University Brenda Chalfin, University of Florida Mary Jane Deeb, Library of Congress Timothy Longman, Boston University Ruth Murambadoro, University of Pretoria Cyril Obi, African Peacebuilding Network and Social Science Research Council Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan Jennifer Yanco, Boston University ASA SECRETARIAT Suzanne Baazet, Executive Director Kathryn Salucka, Program Manager Renee DeLancey, Program Manager Lori Ann Chitty Ray, Program Assistant Mark Fiala, Financial Manager EDITORS OF ASA PUBLICATIONS African Studies Review Elliot Fratkin, Smith College Sean Redding, Amherst College John Lemly, Mount Holyoke College Richard Waller, Bucknell University Kenneth Harrow, Michigan State University Cajetan Iheka, University of Alabama History in Africa Jan Jansen, Institute of Cultural Anthropology Dmitri van den Bersselaar, University of Leipzig Michel Doortmont, University of Groningen John Hanson, Indiana University, Bloomington ASA COORDINATE ORGANIZATIONS Africa Politics Conference Group • African Studies Association Outreach Council • Africana Librarians Council • African Literature Association • Arts Council of the African Studies Association • Association of African Studies Programs • Association of Concerned African Scholars • Central African Studies Association • Congolese Studies Association • Congo Research Network • Ghana Studies Association • Health and Medicine Group • Igbo Studies Association • Institute for Islamic Thought in Africa • Islam in Africa Studies Group • Lagos Studies Association • Lusophone African Studies Organization • Mande Studies Association • Nigerian Studies Association • North American Association of Scholars on Cameroon • Outreach Council of the African Studies Association • Queer African Studies Association • Tanzania Studies Association • Uganda Studies Group • Women’s Caucus • Yoruba Studies Council of the African Studies Association • Zambezi African Studies Association ASA AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS African Association for the Study of Religion • Africa Network • Africa Today • Africa-America Institute • Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies • African Association of Political Science • African Literature Association • African Studies Association of India • Association of African Women Scholars • Eritrean Studies Association • Foundation for Contemporary Research • French Colonial Historical Society • H-Africa • H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online • Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa • Sahara Fund, Inc. • Sahara Fund, Inc. • Saharan Studies Association • Senegalese Studies Group • Society of Africanist Archaeologists • Title VI Africa National Resource Centers • Wales African Studies Network • West African Research Association TABLE OF CONTENTS Program Committee and Section Themes . 4 Welcome and Proclamation from Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago . 5 Welcome from State Representative, 5th District, Juliana Stratton . 7 Welcome from Alderman Harry Osterman, 48th Ward . 8 Welcome from ASA President . 9 Welcome from Program Chairs . 11 Welcome from Local Arrangements Committee Chairs . 12 Local Arrangements Committee Members . 13 Sponsors . 13 In Memoriam . 14 Presidential Fellows . 15 CCNY Scholars . 17 Featured Events . 22 Current Issues Plenary . 32 AfricaNow! . 33 Afripod Podcasts . 40 FLASH . 41 Film Screenings . 42 Awards and Prizes . 44 Future Meetings . 52 Fulbright Scholars . 53 General Information . 55 Schedule of Events . 57 How to Read the Program . 61 Sponsored Panels: Coordinate Organizations and Local Arrangements Committee . 62 Subject Index . 66 Schedule of Panel and Roundtable Sessions . 75 Index of Participants . 156 2018 Call for Proposals and Program Committee . 167 On Demand Film Library . 169 Film Distributors . 181 Exhibitors . 182 Advertisements . 185 Hotel Floor Plans . 208 3 PROGRAM COMMITTEE AND SECTION THEMES PROGRAM CHAIRS Marissa Moorman, Indiana University Bloomington Susanna Wing, Haverford College The panels and roundtables for this year’s program have been grouped into 22 thematic sections. This year’s sub- themes and the sub-theme chairs are as follows: 1. History and Archaeology Rhiannon Stephens, Columbia University and 12. Agriculture and Food Security Kate de Luna, Georgetown University Renata Serra, University of Florida 2. Policy, Politics, and International Relations 13. Health and Healing Zachariah Mampilly, Vassar College and Donna Patterson, Delaware State University Lahra Smith, Georgetown University 14. Popular Culture and Media 3. Music, Performance, and Visual Culture Carmela Garritano, Texas A&M University Helene Neveu Kringelbach, University College of London 15. Colonial Epistemologies and the Challenges of 4. Literature Institution Building Evan Mwangai, Northwestern University Premesh Lalu, University of Western Cape 16. Institutions of Justice: Human Rights and Law 5. Religion and Spirituality Alice Kang, University of Nebraska Shobana Shankar, SUNY Stonybrook 17. Institutions and Violence 6. Education Michelle Moyd, Indiana University Mary Dillard, Sarah Lawrence College 7. Environment and Conservation 18. Cities and Urban Planning Emmanuel Kreike, Princeton University Garth Myers, Trinity College 8. Political Economy and Economics 19. Institutions and Migration Pierre Englebert, Pomona College Beth Whitaker, UNC Charlotte 9. African Philosophy 20. Institutions, Race and Racism Kai Kresse, Columbia University and Gail Presbey, Wendy Wilson-Fall, Lafayette College and Jennifer J. University of Detroit Mercy Yanco, Boston University 21. Youth in Africa: Creating and Navigating Institutions 10. Anthropology Jesse Shipley, Dartmouth College Claudia Gastrow, University of Johannesburg 22. Special Topics 11. Women, Gender and Sexuality Marissa Moorman, Indiana University Bloomington and Joyce Chadya, University of Manitoba Susanna Wing, Haverford College 4 5 6 7 8 WELCOME FROM THE AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT On behalf of the board of Directors, I am deeply honored to welcome you to the windy city for the 60th annual meeting of the African Studies Association. Our conference theme “Institutions: Creativity and Resilience in Africa” seems particularly relevant this year. First, the ASA is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its founding as the premier association of African Studies in the United States. This occasion offers an opportune moment to reflect on the association’s institutional strengths, the contributions it has made to the study of Africa and the challenges the association has faced over the course of its history. Second, the resilience of authoritarianism, the resurgence of extremism, the use of divisive rhetoric, and the disregard for civil liberties around the world demand that we critically re-examine the many institutions that govern our lives. The theme and timing of the conference implore us to consider in the African context and in the United States, which rules, regulations, patterned practices, organizations and associations are resilient and creative, or moribund and repressive. Panels in the program address local indigenous institutions and national judiciaries as well as institutionalized practices such as gender norms, artisanal mining, and patterns of migration. Among the many themes examined over the next three days, scholars are exploring the use of twitter to sustain democracy, or the persistence of privilege in the acquisition of knowledge. Beyond these rich and diverse offerings, I invite members to attend our many AfricaNow! sessions which address several recent, late breaking, urgent developments on the African continent. In addition, our Author Meets Critic sessions are now becoming an institutionalized and much appreciated feature of our annual meeting. As always, board sponsored panels are scattered throughout the program as are many events that provide mentoring and professional development for emerging scholars. I also want to highlight the ASA Business meeting (Thursday, November 16, 12:30-1:30 pm) and my own Presidential lecture (Friday, November 17, 6-7 pm) where I shall be discussing “The ASA at 60: Advocacy in an Age of Tyranny.” On Friday, November 17 (12:30-1:30 pm), Alcinda Honwana, the Inter-Regional Advisor on social development policy at the United Nations and a Professor of Anthropology and International Development at the Open University will deliver the African Studies Review distinguished lecture on “Youth Struggles: From the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter.” The Women’s Caucus luncheon and lecture (Saturday, November 18, 12:45-2 pm) will feature Alondra Nelson, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and the President of the Social Science Research Council who will speak on “Black Feminist Futures”. This year, our annual Hormuud Lecture (Saturday, November 18, 6-7 pm) will be delivered