Yirlehan Ramirez's One-Week Residency Experience

When I applied for the One-Week Residency Program, I presented an initiative to create a think tank for Afro-Colombian women entrepreneur, but after consultations with faculty and students at Howard University, especially in my many dialogues with Dr. Wheeler, Dr. Jarpa, Ms. Navas, I realized that the framework that Howard University provides me which includes all the resources in faculty, staff, libraries etc. along with Howard University’s oversized African Diasporic footprint broadened the scope and reach of my initial proposal.

Finding the Musical Connections between West Africa and Latin America

BY Verny Varela

IIn this essay, Verny Varela, a Spanish instructor at Howard University and a 2020 participant in CAORC’s faculty development seminar to Senegal, highlights the many cultural and especially musical connections between West Africa and Colombia, where he was born and raised. All images and videos are courtesy of the author, unless otherwise noted.

Annual International Women's Day Celebration

The Annual International Women's Day at Howard is funded in part by the Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichment (AFEE) Program at the Center for African Studies at Howard University.