Blog

Here you will find the experiences of FLAS Fellows, AFEE grantees, One-Week Residency faculty, Outreach programs participants, and CAORC participants.

Experiences of FLAS Fellows

December 9, 2019

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, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences
October 16, 2018

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, Study Abroad, Africa Travel Experiences
September 29, 2016

Zipporah McCoy's FLAS Fellowship Journey

By Zipporah McCoy, Ph.D. Student, Howard University

Category: FLAS
September 20, 2016

Ngozi's Jordan Blog

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

Category: Africa Travel Experiences, FLAS, Study Abroad
September 14, 2016

Kimberly Monroe's FLAS Fellowship in Tanzania

Visiting Tanzania was an amazing experience.

Category: Africa Travel Experiences, FLAS, Study Abroad

Experiences of Summer Institute for Educators Participants

September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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
September 30, 2015

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

August 7, 2020

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
May 19, 2020

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
May 1, 2020

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: Africa Travel Experiences, CAORC
May 24, 2019

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
December 4, 2018

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
September 19, 2018

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: Africa Travel Experiences, CAORC

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

Projects of AFEE Grantees

February 27, 2019

The Nankama African Dance Conference 2019

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

Category: AFEE
December 5, 2016

Panel Discussion on Black Activism in the US and South Africa

This project was a partnership between the Departments of African Studies and Afro American Studies, and was gene

Category: AFEE

Experiences of One-Week Residency Faculty

June 10, 2020

Experiences of One-Week Residency Faculty

Coming Soon.

Category: One-Week Residency