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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.

We've moved!

Our New Address: 1805 7th Street NW, 7th floor

Watch the Fireside Chat with Yassine Fall

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Recordings of Summer Institute for Educators

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Africa-US Forum

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African Studies Graduate Seminar Series

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Akan Twi Dialogues

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Read the 2nd Issue of Bouctou Magazine!

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View Recordings of our events on our YouTube page!

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Register for a Musical Expedition to Ghana

It's not too late to register for A Musical Expedition to Ghana for this December with Dr. Saïs Kamalidiin, Professor in the Department of Music at Howard University. 

Travel dates: 
December 08 – 22, 2024

More Info Here
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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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The 2024 CABA Winners have been announced!

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.

Find out who the 2024 Winners are!
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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.

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African Languages

Study SWAHILIYORUBA, 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
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