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

Alexa's Swahili Study Abroad Comparisons

By Alexa Baker, International Affairs Undergraduate Student

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

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

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

Kayla's Yoruba Study Abroad Adventure

By Kayla Manani Rose, Psychology Undergraduate Student

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

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

Dr. Saïs Kamalidiin and Music students travel to Senegal

In December 2022, Dr.

Category: Announcement, News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights, Faculty/Staff Highlights, Student Highlights, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

Reflections from Swahili Study Abroad Program 2022

Written by Interdisciplinary Studies/International Affairs student, Alexa Baker

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights, Student Highlights, African Languages, Swahili, Swahili Fulbright GPA, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences

The Language of Diplomacy

For senior Ashley Tousana, learning languages is the first step to building foreign relations.

Category: Announcement, News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights, Student Highlights, Achievement, 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 (HUSSA)

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

Experiences from the Amharic Study Abroad Program

FLAS Fellows share their experiences from Ethiopia during the Amharic Study Abroad Program of Summer 2018.

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

Ngozi's Jordan Blog

Check out this exciting blog "Onyx and Sand" by Ngozi Burrell

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

Kimberly Monroe's FLAS Fellowship in Tanzania

Visiting Tanzania was an amazing experience.

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

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 CA

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