NBC Nightly News highlights Dr. Edgar and Leteane Monatsi's Popup Protests

NBC Nightly News highlights Dr. Bob Edgar, Professor Emeritus, in the Department of African Studies, Howard University, and his son, Leteane Monatsi, who are unable to join large demonstrations for racial justice in Washington, DC, so they protest regularly on their local street corner. They hope their voices will inspire others to action. Watch the NBC video below.

ASA News highlights CABA, awards for authors and illustrators of the best children’s books on Africa

ASA News highlights the work of Brenda Randolph and Vanessa Ouygi of Howard's Center for African studies, regarding Children's Africana Book Awards (CABA), awards for authors and illustrators of the best children’s books on Africa. Read the article "Reading the Rainbow" in the Fall 2020 issue of ASA News here.

Book: African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century

AUTHORS: Esther Mukewa Lisanza, Ph.D. and Leonard Muaka, Ph.D.
BOOK TITLE: African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century

The book can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/African-Languages-Literatures-21st-Century/dp/3030234789

Finding the Musical Connections between West Africa and Latin America

BY Verny Varela

IIn this essay, Verny Varela, a Spanish instructor at Howard University and a 2020 participant in CAORC’s faculty development seminar to Senegal, highlights the many cultural and especially musical connections between West Africa and Colombia, where he was born and raised. All images and videos are courtesy of the author, unless otherwise noted.

Arabic Name Pronunciations for the Gold Road Project

Glossary of Terms: A to Z listing from The Ground on Which I Stand

The Ground on Which I Stand: Eric Gardner: Chocked to Death by NYPD Police

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It has been sixty years since the African Studies Graduate Program at Howard University was initiated. Since then, hundreds have graduated. This page is a celebration. We welcome past alumni to reconnect, by chatting on our Anniversary Discussion Board.

Virtual Summer Institute 2020 - Participant Evaluations

The Education of Black People by W.E.B DuBois: #5. Edu. and Work/1931

Abstract: Focus of Lecture #5

The eloquence of the spoken word and the devotion to writing—the art of language by line—are highly valued in African American culture. You are heirs of a long tradition of peoples who equate reading and writing with the expression of self-identity, self-possession, self-empowerment, and self-esteem. Indeed, once the commitment to academic excellence is successfully cultivated, it becomes clear that there is nothing as intellectually liberating as self-expression.