Introducing a new radio show, Music In Culture: Sounds of the Black Experience on WOWD 94.3 fm

Introducing a new radio show, Music In Culture: Sounds of the Black Experience on WOWD 94.3 fm fromTakoma Park starting Sunday, July 1st at 3:00 pm. This is a fresh new show that uses the approach of ethnomusicology to explore the many genres of Black music from all over the world, from African American jazz and blues to Afro Brazilian Samba Schools and South African protest anthems. Music In Culture will feature international and local interviews with musicians, artists and activists from Africa and the Diaspora, sound docume

Book Release: Unmet Potential

AUTHOR: Gessie Belizaire, MA           
BOOK TITLE: Unmet Potential

Congratulations to Gessie Belizaire! Ms. Belizaire, a M.A. graduate from the Department of African Studies at Howard University, published her work "Unmet Potential". Through a historical perspective, the book tells the story and the struggle for survival of two developing nations, Haiti and French Guinea.

Congratulations to Bathsheba Bryant-Tarpeh!

The Center for African Studies would like to congratulate a recent PhD graduate from the African Studies Department at Howard University. A Mellon ACLS Public Fellow, Dr. Bryant-Tarpeh was appointed as Global Science Officer at the Smithsonian Institution Office of International Relations.

Visit her ACLS profile.

The Mzungu Boy

About the Webinar

This Children's Africana Book Award Webinar, part of the Global Read Webinar Series, took place on May 17, 2018 at 7:00 pm EST with Meja Mwangi, author of The Mzungu Boy.

The webinar was moderated by Wambui Githiora-Updike, Ed.D., retired teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and author of Wanjira, a Novel.

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.