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Staff

Meet the staff and graduate student workers at the African Studies Initiative.

Akosua Addo

Akosua Addo

Faculty Director
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Grace Naomie Milan smiling.

Grace Naomie Milan

Student Administrative Support
Awa Saidy

Awa K. Saidy

she/her/hers
Associate Director
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African Studies Initiative
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267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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