Author Elizabeth Zunon
About the Webinar
This Children's Africana Book Award Webinar, part of the Global Read Webinar Series, took place on February 26, 2020 with a presentation by Elizabeth Zunon, author and illustrator.
Read More about Author Elizabeth ZunonMary 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.
Read More about Mary Kamau on the Swahili Summer Abroad ProgramBBC 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.
Read More about BBC covers Howard University's Summer 2019 Yoruba Group Project AbroadCongratulations 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.
Read More about Congratulations to HU Zulu Students!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.
Read More about Pluralities of Faith: Experiencing the Distinctive Islam of West AfricaBroadcast 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.
Read More about Broadcast Journalism Professor Jennifer Thomas To Be Key Speaker For The 2019 World Press Freedom Week In Lagos, NigeriaThe 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.
Read More about The Nankama African Dance Conference 2019When 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.
Read More about When Morning ComesBook 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
Read More about Book Release! Language in Contemporary African Cultures and SocietiesBook 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.
Read More about Book Release! Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism