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.

Zipporah McCoy's FLAS Fellowship Journey

By Zipporah McCoy, Ph.D. Student, Howard University

Ngozi'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.

Kimberly 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.