Race, Gender, and Power: Encountering the Signares of Senegal

By Cinder Cooper Barnes

In this essay, Cinder Cooper Barnes, Professor of English at Montgomery College and 2017 participant in the CAORC-WARA Faculty Development Seminar, discusses her encounter with the "signares" in the history of Senegal's slave trade.

Center for African Studies Secures Second Cycle of Grant Funding from U.S. Department of Education

"WASHINGTON (September 17, 2018) – The Howard University Center for African Studies (CfAS) recently received its second consecutive 4-year (2018-2022) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen the capacity and performance of students in world languages and international studies.

Listen to Dr. Msia Clark's interview on Hip Hop in Africa

Dr. Msia Kibona Clark was interviewed by Hassan Arouni with BBC World Service - Focus on Africa on her book “Hip Hop Africa: Prophets of the City & Dustyfoot Philosophers” on July 18, 2018. Listen to the interview here.

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.