PhD Alum and Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Afua Ansong has won a $30,000 fellowship from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund. According to the Providence Journal, “the award will help Ansong complete the manuscript for her novel in verse titled “Adinkra: Farewell.” The work, which she hopes to finish within the next year, looks at the not-uncommon practice of African immigrant women who choose to return to their native country. Additionally, she plans to offer in-person and virtual poetry workshops in Ghana.” Read the full Journal article HERE.