Kayla's Yoruba Study Abroad Adventure

By Kayla Manani Rose, Psychology Undergraduate Student
Fulbright-Hays Yoruba Group Project Abroad - Summer 2023

Students of the first ever HU Zulu Study Abroad Program land in South Africa

Last week marked the beginning of the first ever Howard University Zulu in South Africa Study Abroad Program, led by Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu! Nine students, eight of whom are of the Foreign Language and Areas Studies Fellowship (FLAS) recipients, will undergo a 6-week experiential study of the Zulu language and culture. Many thanks to CfAS Director, Professor Krista Johnson. Howard’s Center for African Studies remains at the forefront of cultural competency training to make our students competitive in the global economy. 

Dr. Saïs Kamalidiin and Music students travel to Senegal

In December 2022, Dr. Saïs Kamalidiin, Associate Professor of Music at Howard, led a group of Howard University musical artists and scholars from The Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts to Dakar, Senegal for a musical arts intensive featuring visits to all the centers of higher musical education located in Dakar, Senegal, with meetings with former Senegalese Minister of Culture, Youssou N'Dour and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, Tomeka Reid. Ms.

Reflections from Swahili Study Abroad Program 2022

Written by Interdisciplinary Studies/International Affairs student, Alexa Baker

The Language of Diplomacy

For senior Ashley Tousana, learning languages is the first step to building foreign relations. She has spent enough time studying Mandarin and living abroad in China that she considers it a second home. It has also reinforced her interest in possibly pursuing a career in China-Africa development affairs, specifically in their trade policy and economic relations.

Mary Kamau on the Swahili Summer Abroad Program

See a video of student, Mary Kamau, sharing her experiences from the Howard University Swahili Summer Abroad (HUSSA) Program 2018.

Experiences from the Amharic Study Abroad Program

FLAS Fellows share their experiences from Ethiopia during the Amharic Study Abroad Program of Summer 2018.

See more photos from the Amharic Study Abroad Program Summer 2018 in Ethiopia on Flickr.

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.