Listen to Dr. Corey Holmes about studying Zulu through funding from Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad

Celebrating International Education Week!

Interested in studying an African language? Listen to the podcast, Go Global ED Podcast  - Episode 4, to hear about Dr. Corey Holmes who studied Zulu in South Africa through funding from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad.

HBCU Students And Africa: An Interview With Ambassador Kamissa Camara

Article from The Hilltop:

"This past summer, Howard University’s Center for African Studies hosted its first online course, Advanced Seminar in African Policy. The course was led by Ambassador Kamissa Camara, director for external affairs and Africa policy at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and senior visiting expert for the Sahel at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C..  

Howard at ASA 2021

What sessions are Howard faculty and alumni presenting in at the 64th African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting? Here is the list!

The ASA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of Africanist scholars in the world and is the flagship event of the association. 

To learn more about the meeting and to register go to: africanstudies.org/annual-meetings

Our Brenda Randolph receives the NCAC Free Speech Defender Award

The Center for African Studies' Brenda Randolph is receiving the Free Speech Defender Award from the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) for promoting non-stereotypical books on Africa for young people. Watch the Benefit live on November 10 at 7pm ET.

Register: ncac.org/about-us/events/benefit-2021

STOLEN, DESTROYED, COMMODIFIED: African Material Culture and Heritage

STOLEN, DESTROYED, COMMODIFIED: African Material Culture and Heritage - The Center for African Studies is supporting a series of events organized by Howard faculty and students around this important and timely topic. The initiative includes:

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.

Montgomery College Awarded $159,406 NEH Grant to Study Black Diaspora in the US

Montgomery College (MC) has received a $159,406 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the project, “Concepts of Black Diaspora in the United States: Identity and Connections among African, Afro-Caribbean, and African-American Communities.” This prestigious grant is part of the Institutes for Higher Education Faculty program. The MC project was one of 12 funded in this category, one of 239 funded in the summer cycle, and one of five awarded in Maryland.

The Swahili World was the center of this year's Summer Institute for Educators

At this year’s annual Summer Institute for Educators, the Outreach Team launched “Voices from the Swahili World,” a series of workshops and educational experiences planned for the 2021-2022 academic year. The institute was open to K-12 educators across disciplines. The two-day institute hosted presentations by Howard University professors on the importance and spread of Swahili language programs in the US., and on the history, evolution and use of the Swahili Kanga cloth.

Our Summer Course with Amb. Kamissa Camara was filled with exchanges between scholars and practitioners from around the world

During the Summer, the Center for African Studies hosted it's first online course Advanced Seminar in African Policy. The course was led by Ambassador Kamissa Camara, former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mali, who is currently, a senior visiting expert for the Sahel at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Camara has written political analysis and has been a political commentator on CNN, Aljazeera, Voice of America, The Washington Post, France24, and RFI, among others.

HU's 1st African Language Summer Institute produces language proficiency

During Howard University’s first African Language Summer Institute 7 languages were taught. These languages were Amharic, Arabic, Somali, Swahili, Yoruba, and Zulu. There were close to 60 participants at different levels from different universities. What was covered in the summer is what students would cover in one year during the regular semesters.