Nigerian Professor Wins Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

Professor Adedayo Abah has been named a beneficiary of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme.

The fellowship would support Abah, a professor of journalism and mass communications and Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, US, to embark on research work in Tanzania starting from June 2023.

Abah would work with the faculty at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to help establish a master’s degree programme in communications.

According to the report published on the Washington and Lee University website, it noted that she would serve as a disinterested party, reviewing the courses and requirements, and lending guidance as necessary, while also collaborating on research projects with her Tanzanian colleagues.

She said, “I am excited about the opportunity to learn about communication in Eastern Africa, work with graduate students, and engage and interact with communication scholars from Tanzania.

“Together, we can contribute to building capacity at African universities and contribute to development goals.”

She has been a member of the Washington and Lee faculty since 2002.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Literary Studies at the University of Ado-Ekiti, a master’s degree in Media Studies from Texas Christian University, and a doctorate in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina.

The competitive Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship programme is managed and administered by the Institute of International Education and funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

January 25, 2023