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Annual International Women's Day Celebration

The Annual International Women's Day at Howard is funded in part by the Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichment (AFEE) Program at the Center for African Studies at Howard University.

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.

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.