Current Women's Caucus Officers:
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Please contact us to envision with Caucus members, share your ideas for the Caucus, or learn how to join, and participate in a committee.
After a very successful 2012 meeting in Washington D.C. we look forward to building the momentum for this next year!! Please join us to plan our upcoming 2013 program at the African Studies Association in Baltimore, November 2013.
The WC Steering Committee is made up of Convenors, Committee Chairs and recent past Chairs. Each Steering Member chairs a Committee and works with the Co-Convenors to develop Women's Caucus projects and programs. Please consider joining or chairing one of the committees and sharing your ideas. Thank you!
Please contact us by one of the following methods:
Betty Wambui, ([email protected]) 2012 -2013 Co-Convenor, State University of New York - SUNY Oneonta, (607) 232-0999
Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, ([email protected]) 2012-2013, Co-Convenor, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, (347) 971-1648
Joyce Kirk,([email protected]) Treasurer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Please contact Dr. Betty Wambui or Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, if you would like your e-mail address added to the Women's Caucus listserv.
Steering Committee Chairs of Committees:
Bessie House-Soremekun, Auction Coordinator,([email protected]), Indiana University, Purdue University
(317) 274-5027
Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, ([email protected]) Chair, Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize Committee, Program Planning Committee Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Claire Robertson, ([email protected])
2012 -13 Chair, Program Planning Committee, Ohio State University, (614) 292-2174
Deborah LaFond, ([email protected])
2011-2013 Web Builder, Outreach Committee, University at Albany
(518) 442-3599
Welcoming New Committee Members for 2013-2014
WC Steering Committee is made up of Committee Chairs and recent past Convenors. Each Steering Member is invited to chair a committee and works with the Co-Convenors to develop Women's Caucus projects and programs.
Program Planning (ASA Panels and Speakers)
Membership and Outreach
The Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize,
The Graduate Student Paper Prize
Communication: WC Listserv and Web Page
Nominations and Elections
Mission and Constitution
Fund Raising and Grants
The Aidoo-Snyder Book Award Committee Nominates Finalists for the Book Prize
In 2004, the Women's Caucus established the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for works in English which prioritize African women's experiences.
The Aidoo-Snyder book prize is awarded by the Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book that prioritizes African women's experiences.
Named in honor of Ama Ata Aidoo, the celebrated Ghanaian novelist and short-story writer, and Margaret Snyder the founding Director of UNIFEM, this $500 prize seeks to acknowledge the excellence of contemporary scholarship being produced by women about African women. In alternate years, the prize is awarded for the best scholarly book, or for the best creative work.
The 2011 Aidoo-Snyder Book prize was awarded to Unoma Azuah, for her collection of creative work including her two books, Length of Light: A Collection of Short Stories (2008), Sky-High Flames: A Novel (2005) and her forthcoming publication entitled, Edible Bones (December 2011). In addition to her creative work, Ms. Azuah has also contributed numerous essays and chapters addressing African sexuality and gender diversity.
The 2010 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize was awareded to Aminatta Forna, for her work, Ancestor Stones (2006).
The 2007 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize was awarded to Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo and Marjorie Keniston McIntosh for their work of history, Women, Work, and Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900-2003 (Ohio University Press, 2006).
The 2006 prize for a creative work was awarded to Yvonne Vera for her book, The Stone Virgins, (2002).
The 2005 prize for a scholarly work went to Heidi J. Nast for her book, Concubines and Power (2005).