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Written by Interdisciplinary Studies/International Affairs student, Alexa Baker

Tiffany Thames Copeland, PhD, a Howard University alumna, was recently awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant. The Fulbright grant is a prestigious award offered by the United States Department of State. The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board members--appointed by the President of the United States--selected Dr. Copeland as a grant recipient.

Deadline: September 12, 2022

Are you in search of professional development opportunities in the field of conflict resolution or peacebuilding? We are excited to continue our second year of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)-BPIA Mentorship Program!

Congratulations to Christine Kindler who has been awarded a Peace Scholar Fellowship from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) for her outstanding dissertation “Peace Conversation Circles: Promoting Agonistic Historical Dialogue in Post-Genocide Rwanda.” We also congratulate Professor Ezer Kang as advisor and affiliate faculty of the Center for African Studies.

Deadline: November 1, 2022

The Cosmos Club Foundation is pleased to be again offering research grants to graduate students at area universities.

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The Center for African Studies at Howard University has been awarded National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants from the United States Department of Education. The Center will received nearly $3 million for the 2022-26 grant cycle to support Africa-focused programming, education and outreach, as well as African language instruction.

Howard University's Fulbright-Hays Intensive Advanced Yoruba Group Project Abroad is currently taking place in Nigeria, now in its second week.

"On Thursday, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Kayode O. Adebowale, FAS, mni, said it gives him the delight to know that the Yoruba language is being spoken globally. This he said, gives the native speakers hope that the language will not die.

EDITORS: Oluwaseun Kolade, Ph.D., David Rae, Ph.D., Demola Obembe, Ph.D., Kassa Woldesenbet Beta, Ph.D.
BOOK TITLE: The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship

Released in 2022

Cooperative Liberalism or Competitive Realism in International Organizations in Africa? A Case Study of the Nature of the BRICS in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa

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Reflections from Swahili Study Abroad Program 2022

Congratulations to Tiffany Thames Copeland for the Fulbright Scholar Grant!

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)-BPIA Mentorship Program for graduate students

Congratulations to Christine Kindler for Peace Scholar Fellowship

Cosmos Scholars Research Grants

CfAS Awarded nearly $3M Grant!

Global Acceptance Of Yoruba Language

Book Release: The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship

Women's Empowerment Course: Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy