News

Here we include news happening at the Center for African Studies and in our communities regarding Africa-related matters.

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News Announcements

Center for African Studies Executive Education Program Director Delivers Foreign Policy Planning Workshop to Mozambican Foreign Policy Leaders

Photo Caption: Participants in the “Curriculum Development for Training Diplomats” watching th

Category: News, Faculty/Staff Highlights

HU World Languages Festival Highlights

The Department of World Languages and Cultures, led by chair, Dr.

Category: News, Student Highlights

February 12, 2024

Finding the ‘Real Africa’

Source: Tablet Mag

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

January 23, 2024

Akan Twi And African Languages At Howard Highlight Linguistic Diversity

Source: The Hilltop

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

Hyundai sponsors the HBCU-Africa Correspondents Corps program

We would like to give our gratitude to Hyundai for their g

Category: Announcement, News, Opportunities

Read the 2nd Issue of Bouctou!

Dive into our second issue of Bouctou, an Africana Magazine for Teachers and

Category: Announcement, News

Capoeira Program with Opportunity to Win a Scholarship for HU Students

Opportunity for athletic HOWARD students and students interested in Afro-Brazilian culture, diaspora studies, and

Category: News, Opportunities, Scholarship Opportunity

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

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

Book Release: Issues of Governance, Security, and Development in Contemporary Africa

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Category: News, Book Releases

Africa-China Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Africa-China Initiative at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Category: News, Opportunities, Fellowship Opportunity

View our CABA 2023 Photos!

View our CABA 2023 Festival and Awards photos!  

Category: News, Alumni-Faculty-Student Highlights

November 3, 2023

Princeton-HBCU research collaborations continue with 10 new projects

Source: Princeton.edu

Category: News, Faculty/Staff Highlights, Achievement

Ayana V. Jackson speaks with students during Dr. Krista Johnson's Black Feminist Theory course

by Rodney Smith, Ph.D. student in African Studies

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

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'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

Book Release: African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora

AUTHORS: Msia Kibona Clark, Ph.D. and Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, Ph.D.

Category: News, Book Releases

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

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

This year, Dr.

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

The Hidden Treasures from the Thomas Kane Collection of Ethiopian Manuscripts  

By Dawit Muluneh, Ph.D. Student in African Studies

Category: News, Student Highlights

Call for Africa Study Abroad Photos and Stories

Dear students,

Category: News, Opportunities, Call for Abstracts/Papers/Proposals

Delegation from the United States International University-Africa

Yesterday, a delegation from the United States International University-Afr

Category: News

Words from Dr. Mnyandu, Assistant Director at the Center, on his 1st day!

Today is the first day on the job for our new Assistant Director, Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu.

Category: News, Faculty/Staff Highlights

South African news features Howard University students

South African news channel, Newzroom Afrika, features Howard University students during the

Category: News, Faculty/Staff Highlights, 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