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HU has the largest number of students studying African languages in the United States! Check out the courses at HU, study abroad programs and the HU African Language Summer Institute, teaching Amharic, Arabic, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba and Zulu.

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Center for African Studies

Welcome to the Center for African Studies

Come to our Open House!

Book Talk: Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries by Paul S. Landau

CHAUKIDU International Conference

Ancient Pastoralists and Ancient States

CfAS Awarded nearly $3M Grant!

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Events

Global Leadership of Women Summit

Center for African Studies OPEN HOUSE

Opera Insight Series | The South Africa of Lost in the Stars

News

Thank you for joining our Book Talk with Paul Landau

Saluting the HBCU-UNDP Africa 2022 International Distance Learning Initiative (IDLI) institutions

Congratulations to Tiffany Thames Copeland for the Fulbright Scholar Grant!

Opportunities

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)-BPIA Mentorship Program for graduate students

Cosmos Scholars Research Grants

Call for Art Projects by K-12 Students on Ancient and Medieval Africa

Books and Publications by Faculty, Alumni and Graduate Students

Biden and Ramaphosa Need to Confront Transnational Security Concerns

Book Release: The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship

The (D)evolving World – on the Books We Use to Teach Our Children

African Languages