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Welcome to the Center for African Studies
A hub that supports and enhances Africa-related teaching and research.
➤➤➤ We have moved! Our new office is in the Progression Place (UNCF) Building at 1805 7th Street NW, 7th floor, Washington, DC 20001
right next to the Shaw-Howard Metro Station.
Events
Study an African language abroad in the Summer!
Photos from CABA 2024!
View photos from the 2024 Awards on our Facebook page! The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on Africa published or republished in the U.S. Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association (ASA) created CABA in 1991 to encourage the publication and use of accurate, balanced children’s materials about Africa.
View photos from the 2024 Awards!Newzroom Afrika features Howard University's Zulu lecturer and students
Newzroom Afrika, a South African news channel, features Howard University's Zulu lecturer, Dr. Sipho Sithole, and two of his students, Tatiana Allen (Howard University) and Anastasia Taylor (Jackson State University), while they study abroad in South Africa, as part of the HUZISA Program at Howard.
Recordings of Summer Institute for Educators
Watch the video recordings from our Summer Institute for highly motivated educators interested in reading, learning, and teaching about Africa. This year's institute theme is "Healing and Justice: Medieval Stories from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt" with focus on material for educators of Grades 6-12 across disciplines.
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News
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South African news features Howard University students
The Center featured on VOA
Affiliated Faculty
A priority for our Center is to facilitate and nurture a community of HU scholars with interest in Africa. Affiliated Faculty at the Center for African Studies devote at least 25 - 100% of their research, teaching, and/or service to the study of Africa and represent a wide range of departments and colleges across campus.
We include all faculty with active or aspirational research and/or teaching interests in Africa as affiliated faculty, and look forward to promoting their work and scholarship on our website and throughout our networks. We invite faculty to share with us what they are doing so that we can publicize it to a wider audience.
Affiliate faculty are eligible for CfAS course and travel awards, research grants, funding for books, and more.
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Opportunities - fellowships, scholarships and more
Find information about fellowships, scholarships, other funding opportunities, jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities and calls for abstracts, papers, and proposals.
Find OpportunitiesBooks by Faculty, Alumni and Graduate Students
External Articles by Faculty, Alumni and Graduate Students
African Languages
Study SWAHILI, YORUBA, or ZULU abroad!
Or study at Howard - Amharic, Arabic, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba or Zulu.
HU has the largest number of students studying African languages in the United States! Check out the study abroad programs, courses at HU, and the annual HU African Language Summer Institute.
Learn more about our programs