Untangling Prejudice: The Journey from Discriminatory Hair Policies to Inclusivity for Afro-Guyanese Students

July 7, 2024 | Mya Hall (Stabroek News)

Newzroom Afrika features Howard University's Zulu lecturer and students

Newzroom Afrika, a South African news channel, features Howard University's Zulu lecturer, Dr. Sipho Sithole, and two of his students, Tatiana Allen (Howard University) and Anastasia Taylor (Jackson State University), while they study abroad in South Africa, as part of the HUZISA Program at Howard.

Call for Africa Study Abroad Photos and Stories 2024

Dear students,

For a chance to be featured on the Center for African Studies social media, website and newsletter:

During your study abroad program, submit your photos along with a couple of sentences about an impactful memory from your study abroad. 

Please email to ania.ueno@howard.edu

If you would like your story to be highlighted in a full page article on our News Page, and shared on social and in newsletter:

Young people should not be mere spectators in shaping the future of South Africa

June 12, 2024 | Enzokuhle Sabela (Mail & Guardian)

Congratulations to our Center's director for COAS Award!

Congratulations to our Center's director, Dr. Krista Johnson, who received an Outstanding Service Award from Howard University's College of Arts and Sciences (COAS)! See more in the COAS Newsletter.

Our Zulu students have arrived in Johannesburg!

Our Zulu students have arrived in Johannesburg as part of the HU Zulu in South Africa (HUZISA) Study Abroad Program. This year our new instructor Sipho Sithole is leading the program which is a 6-week study abroad program for immersion in both the language and the culture of the Zulu people of South Africa.

Hosting Kenyan leader, Biden seeks to restore Africans’ trust in US

May 22, 2024 | The Christian Science Monitor (with Phiwokuhle Mnyandu interview)

Howard University African Studies and Languages International Conference 2025

Center for African Studies Announces Major Gift-In-Kind from Muck Rack to the HBCU-Africa Correspondents Corps

(Washington, DC) The Center for African Studies is pleased to announce a new educational partnership with Muck Rack, a public relations management (PRM) platform that enables organizations to build trust, tell their stories and demonstrate the earned value of earned media. This partnership is set to deliver a more comprehensive educational experience for the student journalists who are enrolled in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities -Africa Correspondents Corps (HBCU-ACC) Program.

Center for African Studies Executive Education Program Director Delivers Foreign Policy Planning Workshop to Mozambican Foreign Policy Leaders

Photo Caption: Participants in the “Curriculum Development for Training Diplomats” watching the solar eclipse during a break in the Foreign Policy Planning Workshop (April 8, 2024)

(Washington, DC) On 8 April, the Program Director for the Executive Education Program of the Center for African Studies, Michael Walsh, delivered a half-day foreign policy planning workshop for a group of foreign policy leaders from Mozambique.