Blog

Read about the experiences of alumni, faculty, students, FLAS Fellows, AFEE grantees, Outreach programs participants, and CAORC participants.

Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights

Newzroom Afrika features Howard University's Zulu lecturer and students

Newzroom Afrika, a South African news channel, features Howard University's Zulu lecturer, Dr.

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights, Faculty/Staff Highlights, Student Highlights, African Languages, Zulu HUZISA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, gives a keynote address at the 16th Beijing Forum on African Development and China-Africa Cooperation

The  Assistant Director of the Center for African Studies, Dr.

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights, Faculty/Staff Highlights

View our CABA 2023 Photos!

View our CABA 2023 Festival and Awards photos!  

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights

Voice of America showcases African languages at Howard

The U.S.

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights

Professor Johnson granted Full Professorship

We are glad to announce that our Director, Krista Johnson, Ph.D. has been granted Full Profe

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights, Faculty/Staff Highlights

Students of the first ever HU Zulu Study Abroad Program land in South Africa

Last week marked the beginning of the first ever Howard University Zulu in South Africa Study Abroad

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights, Faculty/Staff Highlights, Student Highlights, African Languages, Zulu HUZISA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Experiences of FLAS Fellows

Kareema's Study Abroad in Kenya

By Kareema Ayesha Bangura, Journalism Undergraduate Student with Swah

Category: News, Student Highlights, FLAS, African Languages, HUSSA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences, Howard on Africa in Brief

Brock's Adventures studying Zulu in South Africa

By Brock Boyd, Marketing Undergraduate Student

Category: News, Student Highlights, FLAS, African Languages, Zulu HUZISA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Nephraterie's Travel, Studying Swahili in Kenya

By Nephraterie Smith, Undergraduate Student

Category: News, Student Highlights, FLAS, African Languages, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Diandra's Life Changing Experiences in Kenya

By Diandra Blake, African Studies with Swahili Minor Undergraduate Student

Category: News, Student Highlights, FLAS, African Languages, HUSSA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Alexa's Swahili Study Abroad Comparisons

By Alexa Baker, International Affairs Undergraduate Student

Category: News, Student Highlights, FLAS, African Languages, Swahili, Swahili Fulbright GPA, HUSSA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Mary Kamau on the Swahili Summer Abroad Program

See a video of student, Mary Kamau, sharing her experiences from the Howard University Swahili Summer Abroad (HU

Category: FLAS, African Languages, Swahili, HUSSA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Experiences of Summer Institute for Educators Participants

Lesego's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Lesego Malepe shares her experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Bonita and Hassan's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Bonita and Hassan Adeeb share their experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Heidi's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Heidi Marohn shares her experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Janet's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Janet Martin shares her experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

James's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video James Hargraves shares his experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Liane's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Liane Rosenblatt shares her experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Eshe's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Eshe Armah shares her experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Dodah's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Dodah Yirusha shares her experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Taneka and Laura's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience

In this video Taneka Parascandolo and Laura Honig share their experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.

Category: Summer Institute for Educators

Experiences of CAORC Faculty Development Seminars Participants

Finding the Musical Connections between West Africa and Latin America

BY Verny Varela IIn this essay, Verny Varela, a Spanish instructor at Howard University and a 2

Category: Blog, CAORC

Trans-Atlantic Memories: Senegal’s Hip-Hop Griots and the Black Radical Tradition

By Kimberly Monroe In this essay, Kimberly Monroe, assistant professor of global affairs at Tri

Category: CAORC, Africa Travel Experiences

Senegal’s Diversity Is Its Way of Life—and Its Future

By Hoa Nguyen In this essay, Hoa Nguyen, professor of economics at Montgomery College in Maryla

Category: CAORC, Africa Travel Experiences

Pluralities of Faith: Experiencing the Distinctive Islam of West Africa

By Sobia Saleem In this essay, Sobia Saleem, a 2019 participant in 

Category: CAORC, Africa Travel Experiences

The World We Don’t Know—Reflections on the Importance of Global Education

By Ellen Olmstead and Cinder Cooper Barnes In this essay, Ellen Olmstead and Cinder Cooper Barn

Category: CAORC, Africa Travel Experiences

Race, Gender, and Power: Encountering the Signares of Senegal

By Cinder Cooper Barnes In this essay, Cinder Cooper Barnes, Professor of English at Montgomery

Category: CAORC, Africa Travel Experiences

See more blogs of CAORC Community College Faculty Development Seminars Participants on the CAORC website.

Projects of AFEE Grantees

Howard provides social media security training to Daystar University students in Kenya

This year, Dr.

Category: News, Faculty/Staff Highlights, Student Highlights, AFEE

Annual International Women's Day Celebration

The Annual International Women's Day at Howard is funded in part by the Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichme

Category: Blog, AFEE

The Nankama African Dance Conference 2019

Project Director: Dr. Ofosuwa M. Abiola, Department of Theatre Arts

Category: AFEE

Experiences of One-Week Residency Faculty

Yirlehan Ramirez's One-Week Residency Experience

When I applied for the One-Week Residency Program, I presented an initiative to create a think tank

Category: Announcement, News, Blog, One-Week Residency