Anika Wilson

  • Associate Professor, African & African Diaspora Studies

Education

  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
AFRIC 100-001 Black Reality: Survey of African-American Society MW 11:30am-12:45pm
AFRIC 215-201 Introduction to Black Social and Cultural Traditions No Meeting Pattern

Courses Taught

  • AFRIC 100 - Black Reality: Survey of Afican American Society
  • AFRIC 215 - Black Social and Cultural Traditions
  • AFRIC 232 - Survey of African Societies and Culture
  • AFRIC 351 - Sex, Marriage, and Healthcare in the Afroworld
  • AFRIC 450 - Cultural Transmissions: Black Africa, Black America
  • AFRIC 852 - Folklore in the African World

Research Interests

  • Gender and legal systems in southern Africa
  • Rumor, gossip and urban legends
  • Vernacular health beliefs (Africa)
  • African religion and spirituality

Presentations

 
Wilson, A. (2012) Treating the Government Disease: AIDS Conspiracy Rumors, the Government of Malawi, and the Rhetoric of Accountability.Contemporary Legend2, 57-84.
 
Wilson, A. (2012) Of Love Potions and Witch Baskets: Domesticity, Mobility, and Occult Rumors in Malawi.Western States Folklore Society, . (Ed). Western Folklore71(2), 149-173.

Selected Publications

Wilson, A. (2012) Treating the Government Disease: AIDS Conspiracy Rumors, the Government of Malawi, and the Rhetoric of Accountability.Contemporary Legend, 2, 57-84.
Wilson, A. (2012) Of Love Potions and Witch Baskets: Domesticity, Mobility, and Occult Rumors in Malawi.Western States Folklore Society, . (Ed). Western Folklore, 71(2), 149-173.