Africa Travel Experiences

Here you will find student experiences of traveling in Africa. If you are a student considering studying abroad, these stories will surely inspire you.

Student Experiences of Travel in Africa

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Learning Swahili, Culture, and Community: Trinity's Study Abroad Experience in Kenya

By Trinity Thiirah, Undergraduate Student 

Category: News, Student Highlights, Swahili, Swahili Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

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Naomi's Swahili Study Abroad Experience in Kenya

By Naomi Turner, Undergraduate Student 

Category: News, Student Highlights, Swahili, Swahili Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Venturing Through Kumase - Reflection from Twi Immersion Program

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

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Lily's Cultural Immersion and Language Growth - Swahili Study Abroad in Kenya

By Lily Odhiambo, Undergraduate Student, Environmental Studies Major with Geogr

Category: News, Student Highlights, Swahili, Swahili Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Akwaaba: Welcome to Ghana - Reflection from Twi Immersion Program

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

Howard University students delve into Zulu language and life on the Expresso Show in South Africa

Howard University students delve into Zulu language and life on the Expresso Show in South Africa!

Expresso Show in South Africa speaks with Howard University's Zulu lecturer, Dr.

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

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Center for African Studies awards record number of summer FLAS fellowships

The Center for African Studies has awarde

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

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Becoming with The People of the Sky: Nia Assata’s Journey in South Africa

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

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Latrese's Yoruba Study Abroad Experience: Linking the past, present, and future

Category: News, Student Highlights, African Languages, Yoruba Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

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Ameerah discovers herself in Nigeria

Category: News, Student Highlights, African Languages, Yoruba Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

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Yoruba Fulbright-Hays Project Abroad Reflections from Amina

Category: News, Student Highlights, African Languages, Yoruba Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

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Da’Riah's Unforgettable Study Abroad Experience in Kenya

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

Newzroom Afrika features Howard University's Zulu lecturer and students

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

Kareema Ayesha Bangura in Kenya

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 Boyd in South Africa

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 Smith in Kenya

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 Blake Swahili Study Abroad 2023

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 Baker Swahili Study Abroad

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

Evita Taneng Yoruba Study Abroad

Evita's Yoruba Study Abroad in Ìbàdàn

By Evita “Èyítáyọ̀” Taneng, Undergraduate Student

Category: News, Student Highlights, African Languages, Yoruba Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

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Eboni's Swahili Study Abroad in Tanzania

By Eboni Brown, International Affairs Undergraduate Student

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

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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

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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