Hyundai sponsors the HBCU-Africa Correspondents Corps program

We would like to give our gratitude to Hyundai for their generous donation to the HBCU-Africa Correspondents Corps program, an initiative of the Center for African Studies at Howard University. Hyundai came to meet with the team at the Center for African Studies on Tuesday and Howard students, Brianna Artis, Jacob Hanesworth, and Jayna Renna led a tour of the campus.

Read the 2nd Issue of Bouctou!

Dive into our second issue of Bouctou, an Africana Magazine for Teachers and Students, which includes six articles with connecting threads to Islam, Muslims and Arabic. 

Ayana V. Jackson speaks with students during Dr. Krista Johnson's Black Feminist Theory course

by Rodney Smith, Ph.D. student in African Studies

Dr. Krista Johnson from the Center for African Studies invited Ayana V. Jackson to speak with students from the College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of African Studies, the College of Fine Arts, and the School of Communications at her Black Feminist Theory course, which is one of the core courses within Howard University's Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. 

Photos of Howard Zulu students rehearsing

See Photos of Howard Zulu students rehearsing on Tuesday for Saturday's performance at the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference reception.

Photo credit: Joelle Francois, Zulu II student

New Podcast by Lesedi Mnisi

Check out the new Podcast by Lesedi Mnisi of the HBCU-Africa Correspondents Corps!

Malik Ngugi speaks before VP Harris briefing

Howard University student Malik Ngugi spoke before Vice President Kamala Harris at the Museum of African American History and Culture on April 5, 2023, where the VP was giving a briefing on her recent trip to Africa. Malik, a junior in political science and Spanish major, shared his reflections on Harris's historic visit to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. 

Congratulations Dr. Camara!

Please join us in Congratulating Dr. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Chair of the Department of African Studies, on being awarded the Grand Prix De La Francophonie for 2023. This award has been given annually since 1986 by Canada’s Académie Française, to an individual who contributes to the development of the French language throughout the world.  Congratulations Dr. Camara, this award is well deserved!

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.

Two of our HBCU-ACC students were featured by the Summit for Democracy

March 15, 2023 | Summit for Democracy

Prof Talton democratizing public access to archives in South Africa

Professor Ben Talton, Director of the Moorland Spingarn Research Center at Howard University was in Tshwane, South Africa in February meeting with colleagues from the National Library of South Africa, the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, and the The Africa Institute.