Center for African Studies awards record number of summer FLAS fellowships

The Center for African Studies has awarded $190,000 in summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to a record 20 undergraduate students to study African languages and cultures in four countries in Summer 2025. In addition to continuing its support of established study abroad programs for Zulu (South Africa) and Swahili (Kenya), the Center will achieve another milestone by supporting the return of Wolof (Senegal) and welcoming an inaugural program for Twi (Ghana).

Fourth Out of (and Into) Africa Conference

CABA 2025 Winners

Offering Summer Somali I & II

The Department of World Languages and Cultures is offering Somali I & II this Summer!

Somali is a vibrant, oral language that has earned Somalis the title of the "Nation of Poets."

Nearer My Freedom

About the Webinar

This Children's Africana Book Award Webinar, part of the Global Read Webinar Series, took place on February 27, 2025 at 7 pm EST with a presentation by Lesley Younge, author of Nearer My Freedom.

Welcome Back Dr. Cham, Our Interim Director!

The distinguished Professor Mbye Cham is our Interim Director for the Spring 2025 semester while Professor Krista Johnson is on leave. Dr. Cham is the founder of our Center and has graciously agreed to return for this time period. We are grateful to be under his guidance again!

Read Africa 2025

Howard Participation at ASA 2024

What panels are Howard faculty and students presenting on at the 67th African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting? Here is the list!

The ASA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of Africanist scholars in the world and is the flagship event of the association. This year it will be held in Chicago, IL from December 12 – 14, with the theme "Global Africa".

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

By Nia Assata Muhammad, Undergraduate Student, Junior Sociology Major,

Reflection on the African Studies Summer Leadership Institute 2024

The African Studies Summer Leadership Institute launched in the summer of 2024 as an initiative to bring African history, culture, and contemporary affairs to high school youth in the Washington, DC area. It aims to create an ever-evolving bond between Howard University and local communities that will promote pathways to global leadership, foster strong relationships amongst Africans in the diaspora, and bring visibility to our prestigious Department of African Studies.