TED Talk Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu

Our own 2011 PhD graduate, Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu, from the African Studies Dept. at HU presents her own TED Talk. Since its release on October 9th it has already been viewed over half a million times! 

View the TED Talk here.

Dr. Beverly Booker Ammah is the newest AFEE grant recipient!

Dr. Beverly Booker Ammah is the newest grant recipient of the Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichment (AFEE) Program, a program of the Center for African Studies at Howard University.

The Chair of the Dept. of African Studies interviews on Voice of America.

Dr. Mohamed Saliou Camara, chair of the Department of African Studies at Howard University, was recently interviewed by Voice of America regarding Africa Day 2017.

SEE THE VIDEO AND ARTICLE HERE.

The podcast for African Hip Hop

The blog, Africa is a Country, leading intellectual voices in the African online media sphere, did an article titled "The podcast for African Hip Hop" on Howard University's Hip Hop & Popular Culture in Africa class. The class is lead by Prof. Msia Kibona Clark and her students created a blog and podcast on hip hop in Africa as part of the course. 

Shaka Zulu Documentary

Dr. Phiwo Mnyandu in the African Studies Department at Howard University was interviewed by a 9th grade student, Theodore Wimberly Jr., for his history project. Theodore chose Shaka Zulu and the Zulu Warriors as his topic to create a documentary. Theodore’s documentary won First Place at Mount Saint Joseph High School and then moved on to the Baltimore City Wide NHD Contest. After meeting with Dr. Mnyandu, Theodore said that he wanted to apply to Howard University for college.

Marshall Plan for the Reconstruction of the DRC

On March 2, 2017, "Howard University, in the capital of the US, organized a day of reflection on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In order to stimulate thought, the American university has brought in the man who is raising the hope of a Congo more beautiful and stronger than before: Dr. Noël K. Tshiani, candidate for the next presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, author of Noël K. Tshiani's Marshall Plan for the Reconstruction of the DRC and currently Senior International Officer at the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Congratulations Jevon Bryd!

Jevon Bryd, a Howard Masters level student of African Studies, has been granted the Royal Air Maroc scholarship in order to aid in his research on Yoruba drums in Nigeria and Benin. This scholarship provides recipients with roundtrip airfare.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Muhammad Fraser Rahim!

Muhammad Fraser Rahim, a graduate student in the African Studies Department at Howard University, has been accepted into the Truman National Security Project’s membership program.

Ms. Brenda Randolph receives the 2016 ASA Public Service Award

We congratulate Ms. Brenda Randolph, Outreach Director at the Center for African Studies at Howard University and the Founder of Africa Access, for receiving the 2016 ASA Public Service Award!

The African Studies Association (ASA) Public Service Award honors those who have been long-standing contributors to the ASA’s mission and to African Studies, through non-academic contributions. 

Panel Discussion on Black Activism in the US and South Africa

This project was a partnership between the Departments of African Studies and Afro American Studies, and was generously funded by the Center for African Studies at Howard University through the Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichment (AFEE) Program.

View event photos here.