Date:
Monday, April 20, 2015, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location:
Kates Room, Warren House
Anika Wilson, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will present "Mgoneko: Rape, Magic, and Women's Rights Urban Legends in Malawi." Professor Wilson is the author of Folklore, Gender, and AIDS in Malawi: No Secret Under the Sun, widely recognized as a significant major scholarly endeavor on that topic. In her talk, she will discuss gendered power dynamics, urban legends, rumor, and Malawian women's responses to and interactions with the HIV/AIDS crisis. This talk is presented by the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology.More information can be found here.