The Center for African Studies Outreach conducts staff development workshops and institutes open to educators, librarians, parents and community members.
Outreach
Outreach is an integral part of the Title VI Center for African Studies at Howard University that focuses on K-16 reading, teaching and learning about Africa.
Outreach Staff
Outreach Director
Brenda Randolph, M.A. M.L.S. has served as a member of the National Title VI African Studies Outreach Council for over thirty years. She holds a Master’s Degree in African Studies from Howard University and a Master’s of Information and Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Assistant Outreach Director
Vanessa Oyugi, Ph.D. recently completed her doctoral studies in the African Studies and Research Program at Howard University. Her dissertation project examines the use of literature as political platform and as a source of historical memory and focuses on the works of Kenyan writers Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Binyavanga Wainaina, Yvonne Owuor and Mukoma wa Ngugi.
Outreach Programs and Projects
Discover Africa in the World Project
COMING SOON!
The Discover Africa in the World Project will be an interactive map that reveals Africa-related sites in regions beyond the continent of Africa - in the United States, Mexico, Central America, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, South America, Middle East, Asia and Oceania.