Keletso Atkins

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• Ph.D.: , University of Wisconsin, none - none
• M.A.: , Northwestern University, none - none
• B.A.: , Roosevelt University, none - none

Specialties

• Africa
• African diaspora
• African labor history
• South African history

Publications

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Publications

• The Black Atlantic Communication Network: African American Sailors and the Cape of Good Hope Connection: Atkins, Keletso, Issue: A Journal of Opinion, 24(2), 23-5, 1996.
• 'Kafir Time': Preindustrial Temporal Concepts and Labour Discipline in Nineteenth Century Colonial Natal: Atkins, Keletso, Journal of African History, 29, 229-244, 1988.
• Origins of the Ama Washa: The Zulu Washerman's Guild in Natal, 1850-1910: Atkins, Keletso, Journal of African History, 27, 41-57, 1986.
• The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money!. Heinemann, Social History of Africa Series, Atkins, Keletso, 1993.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Member, American Association of University Women
• Member, Association of Black American Women Historians
• Swahili Language Committe, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
• African History Graduate Program Committee, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
• Chair, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota 2002
• Director of Undergraduate Studies
• Institute of Global Studies Liason Committee, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
• Executive Committee, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
• Member, African Heritage Studies Association
• Performer, Advisor and Commentator, "Lifeline," World Aids Week
• Member, African Studies Association

Outreach

• Advisor, African Journal Newspaper
• Committee for Community Research Initiative - Metropolitan State University/African American & African Studies African Community Outreach Initiative

Awards

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Awards

• Social Science Research Council International Doctoral Fellowship, 1982 - 1983
• Fulbright-Hays International Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1991 - 1992
• African Studies Association Herskovits Award for The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money!, 1994
• American Association of Unviersity Women Fellowship, 1985 - 1986
• National Humanitites Center Fellowship, 1995 - 1996
• Choice Outstanding Academic Book for The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money!, 1995
• University of Michigan Faculty Recognition Award, 1995 - 1996

Courses

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Courses

• Afro 3910 - Topics in Afro-American and African Studies
• Afro 5191 - Seminar: The African American Experience in South Africa