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!
Read More about Congratulations Jevon Bryd!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.
Read More about Congratulations to Muhammad Fraser Rahim!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.
Read More about Panel Discussion on Black Activism in the US and South AfricaZipporah McCoy's FLAS Fellowship Journey
By Zipporah McCoy, Ph.D. Student, Howard University
Read More about Zipporah McCoy's FLAS Fellowship JourneyNgozi's Jordan Blog
Check out this exciting blog "Onyx and Sand" by Ngozi Burrell, a Summer 2016 FLAS recipient. The blog is about her experience studying Arabic abroad in Amman, Jordan and traveling to Egypt.
You can view the blog in PDF format here.
Read More about Ngozi's Jordan BlogKimberly Monroe's FLAS Fellowship in Tanzania
Visiting Tanzania was an amazing experience. Not only was it a pleasure to learn Swahili in Africa but living five weeks with the natives speaking their language, eating their food, and learning their culture was a life changing experience. While there, I noticed many parallels with the US South culture. The way we speak to people in passing, community eating, and respect to elders is very similar to where I come from so it wasn't hard to adjust. The people live their lives with no worries and that's what I enjoyed the most. My host family was the best.
Read More about Kimberly Monroe's FLAS Fellowship in TanzaniaBook Release: Language Policy and Economics: The Language Question in Africa
AUTHOR: Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu, Ph.D.
BOOK TITLE: Language Policy and Economics: The Language Question in Africa
Lesego's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience
In this video Lesego Malepe shares her experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.
Read More about Lesego's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute ExperienceBonita and Hassan's 2015 CfAS Summer Institute Experience
In this video Bonita and Hassan Adeeb share their experience about the 2015 CfAS Summer Institute.
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