Alison Scott Postgraduate Secretary Department of English Studies 01786 467510 -----Original Message----- From: David Richards Sent: 06 April 2008 12:27 To: Alison Scott; Marta More Subject: CCWS seminar reminder Centre of Commonwealth Studies Postcolonial Visiting Speakers Programme Spring Semester 2008 Tuesday 8th April. Karin Barber (CWAS, Birmingham University) Print culture and the reading public in 1920s Lagos 5pm Room B2 Karin Barber did her first degree in English before going on to study social anthropology at University College London and doing a PhD at the University of Ife, Nigeria, where she researched the role of oral poetic performance in everyday life. She has also worked on Yoruba popular theatre, and joined a travelling theatre company, performing in improvised Yoruba-language plays, both on stage and on television. Karin was President of the African Studies Association and she is the editor of Africa the journal of the International African Institute. In 2003 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Karin has been given a Yoruba chieftaincy title, and is the Iyamoye of Okuku. Contact: David Richards (david.richards@stir.ac.uk)