2nd new volume

New Edited Volume In Press

Dr. Covington-Ward, along with co-editors Naomi Andre and Jendele Hungbo, has a new volume forthcoming, African Performance Arts and Political Acts (University of Michigan Press, 2021)


New volume

Publishes Embodying Black Religions

Dr. Covington-Ward, along with her co-editor Jeanette Jouili, has published a new volume, Embodying Black Religions in Africa and its Diasporas (Duke University Press, 2021)

Just Community Award

Dr. Covington-Ward awarded Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Creating a “Just” Community Award

In January, 2021 Dr. Covington-Ward was awarded the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Creating a “Just” Community Award (presented by Equipoise, the Pitt Black faculty and staff affinity group)


Anti-Black Racism Course

Leader for Anti-Black Racism Course

Dr. Covington-Ward was selected to chair the Provost's Committee on Anti-Black Racism and Transformative Pedagogy, the group that put together the first required anti-Black racism course in the nation.


Featured Publications

Upcoming Events

1
Dr. Covington-Ward will co-facilitate a workshop on diversity and inclusion in mentoring
October 22, 2021
The workshop on Addressing Diversity and Inclusion in Mentoring is part of the Mentoring Academy offered at Pitt
2
Dr. Covington-Ward will present lecture at the Kongo Academy
October 30, 2021
The presentation will address the impact of anthropologist Wyatt McGaffey's research on kingunza (prophetic) research in Congo
3
Dr. Covington-Ward will present in a roundtable at the AAA annual conference
November 20, 2021
The roundtable is entitled "Centering Blackness in the Anthropology of Africa"

Available Book

Gesture And Power

Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo | Now available on Amazon

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Dr. Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people
Gesture And Power - Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo | Now available