Congratulations to Dr. Susanna Sacks, Recipient of the MLA Scaglione Prize for African Studies

The Center for African Studies at Howard University proudly congratulates Dr. Susanna L. Sacks, Assistant Professor of English, on being awarded the Modern Language Association’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for African Studies for her groundbreaking book Networked Poetics: The Digital Turn in Southern African Poetry. This prestigious recognition—one of only twenty-three publication awards to be presented at the MLA’s annual convention in January 2026—honors Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi for the prestigious African Studies Association Book Award!

Congratulations to Dr. Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi, Associate Professor in the Department of History, whose amazing book: Imagine Lagos: Mapping History, Place, and Politics in a Nineteenth-Century African City won the prestigious African Studies Association Book Award!

Written from a digital humanities perspective, her book uses historical sources, maps, and walking cartography to offer new ways of seeing nineteenth-century Lagos, West Africa’s most populous city.

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

By Trinity Thiirah, Undergraduate Student 
Howard University Fulbright-Hays Swahili Group Project Abroad in Kenya - Summer 2025 

Naomi's Swahili Study Abroad Experience in Kenya

By Naomi Turner, Undergraduate Student 
Howard University Fulbright-Hays Swahili Group Project Abroad in Kenya - Summer 2025 

CABA 2025 Recap!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) this Saturday! It was truly inspiring to celebrate the outstanding authors, illustrators, and publishers who bring Africa’s rich stories, histories, and cultures to life for young readers around the world.

HU African Indigenous Knowledge and Languages Conference 2026

University of the Free State (UFS) honours Prof Robert R. Edgar

October 24, 2025 | News South Africa

Venturing Through Kumase - Reflection from Twi Immersion Program

By Jeanelle Nana Ama Acheampong, Undergraduate Student 

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

By Lily Odhiambo, Undergraduate Student, Environmental Studies Major with Geography and Swahili Minors
Howard University Fulbright-Hays Swahili Group Project Abroad in Kenya - Summer 2025 

Reflections for Crossing the Waters: Before the Dakar–Gorée Swim

This weekend in Senegal, Ania Ueno, our Communications & Media Manager at the Center for African Studies, will join hundreds of swimmers in the annual Dakar–Gorée Swim—a powerful event that bridges athletic challenge with profound historical reflection. The crossing from Dakar to Gorée Island carries deep symbolic meaning, tied to memory, resilience, and the African diaspora’s enduring ties across the Atlantic.