Mary Kamau on the Swahili Summer Abroad Program

See a video of student, Mary Kamau, sharing her experiences from the Howard University Swahili Summer Abroad (HUSSA) Program 2018.

BBC covers Howard University's Summer 2019 Yoruba Group Project Abroad

BBC News Yoruba features American college students who participated in the Howard University's Fulbright-Hays Intensive Advanced Summer Yoruba Group Project Abroad in Summer 2019. In the video, program participants display the Yoruba cultural and language skills they acquired during the 8-week program at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Howard University is proud of all participants and is preparing for the Summer 2020 program. Watch the video below.

Congratulations to HU Zulu Students!

"Fifteen Howard University students have been selected for the Summer 2019 Fulbright-Hays Zulu Group Project Abroad (GPA), a federally-funded opportunity for students of Zulu studies from across the nation to participate in an intensive, eight-week program, based in South Africa.

Pluralities of Faith: Experiencing the Distinctive Islam of West Africa

By Sobia Saleem

In this essay, Sobia Saleem, a 2019 participant in CAORC’s faculty development seminar to Senegal, writes about her visit to the Great Mosque of Touba and experiencing West Africa’s distinctive Islamic traditions. All photos are courtesy of the author.

Broadcast Journalism Professor Jennifer Thomas To Be Key Speaker For The 2019 World Press Freedom Week In Lagos, Nigeria

"Jennifer Thomas, assistant professor of Media, Journalism and Film in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, has been tapped as the key speaker of the 2019 U.S. Speaker Program on Press Freedom and Free Speech in Lagos, Nigeria on April 27 through May 3. The speaking engagement is sponsored by the U.S. State Department and U.S. Consulate General Lagos.

The Nankama African Dance Conference 2019

Project Director: Dr. Ofosuwa M. Abiola, Department of Theatre Arts

Collaborator: Professor Mesi Walton, Department of World Languages and Culture 

Conference Dates: February 9-10, 2019

View photos from the Conference here.

View the 2019 NADC video.

When Morning Comes

About the Webinar

This Children's Africana Book Award Webinar, part of the Global Read Webinar Series, took place on February 15, 2019 with a presentation by Arushi Raina, author of When Morning Comes.

Book Release! Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies

AUTHORS: Esther Lisanza, Ph.D. and Leonard Muaka, Ph.D.
BOOK TITLE: Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies

Congratulations to Dr. Esther Lisanza and Dr. Leonard Muaka on the release of their book, Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies.

The book can be purchased here: www.amazon.com/Language-Contemporary-African-Cultures-Societies/dp/1498572278

Book Release! Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism

AUTHORS: Msia Clark, Ph.D., Phiwo Mnyandu, Ph.D. and Loy Azalia, Ph.D.
BOOK TITLE: Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism

Congratulations to Dr. Msia Clark, Dr. Phiwo Mnyandu and Dr. Loy Azalia on the release of their book, Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism.

Book on Amazon

The World We Don’t Know—Reflections on the Importance of Global Education

By Ellen Olmstead and Cinder Cooper Barnes

In this essay, Ellen Olmstead and Cinder Cooper Barnes, both professors of English at Montgomery College and participants in the 2017 CAORC-WARC Faculty Development Seminar to Senegal, discuss the lasting impacts of their West African experience and the importance of providing study abroad opportunities to community college faculty and students.