Discussion with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Molly Phee

Watch this special event now on YouTube - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Molly Phee recently traveled with Secretary Blinken to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as Secretary of State. The trip included a major policy speech in Nigeria, where the Secretary outlined U.S.-Africa policy under the Biden-Harris administration. On Dec.

Listen to Dr. Corey Holmes about studying Zulu through funding from Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad

Celebrating International Education Week!

Interested in studying an African language? Listen to the podcast, Go Global ED Podcast  - Episode 4, to hear about Dr. Corey Holmes who studied Zulu in South Africa through funding from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad.

HBCU Students And Africa: An Interview With Ambassador Kamissa Camara

Article from The Hilltop:

"This past summer, Howard University’s Center for African Studies hosted its first online course, Advanced Seminar in African Policy. The course was led by Ambassador Kamissa Camara, director for external affairs and Africa policy at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and senior visiting expert for the Sahel at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C..  

Howard at ASA 2021

What sessions are Howard faculty and alumni presenting in at the 64th 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. 

To learn more about the meeting and to register go to: africanstudies.org/annual-meetings

Notice of Event Recording

Symposium: Crisis in Tigray: A Critical Dialogue

Book Release: The Diaspora's Role in Africa

AUTHOR: Stella-Monica N. Mpande, Ph.D.
BOOK TITLE: The Diaspora's Role in Africa: Transculturalism, Challenges, and Development

Release Date: November 8, 2021

Book Release: We Are Not Scared to Die

AUTHOR: Tiffany Thames Copeland, Ph.D.
BOOK TITLE: We Are Not Scared to Die: Julius Malema and the New Movement for African Liberation

Books by Faculty, Alumni and Graduate Students

Our Brenda Randolph receives the NCAC Free Speech Defender Award

The Center for African Studies' Brenda Randolph is receiving the Free Speech Defender Award from the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) for promoting non-stereotypical books on Africa for young people. Watch the Benefit live on November 10 at 7pm ET.

Register: ncac.org/about-us/events/benefit-2021