Cosmos Scholars Research Grants

Deadline: November 1, 2022

The Cosmos Club Foundation is pleased to be again offering research grants to graduate students at area universities. 

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CfAS Awarded nearly $3M Grant!

The Center for African Studies at Howard University has been awarded National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants from the United States Department of Education.  The Center will received nearly $3 million for the 2022-26 grant cycle to support Africa-focused programming, education and outreach, as well as African language instruction.

Global Acceptance Of Yoruba Language

Howard University's Fulbright-Hays Intensive Advanced Yoruba Group Project Abroad is currently taking place in Nigeria, now in its second week.

"On Thursday, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Kayode O. Adebowale, FAS, mni, said it gives him the delight to know that the Yoruba language is being spoken globally. This he said, gives the native speakers hope that the language will not die.

Graduate Highlight - Julius G. Johnson

Julius G. Johnson graduated with a Ph.D. in African Studies this spring. His dissertation was titled "The Role of Islam in the Construction and Affirmation of Identity in the Nation of Islam & The Leyenne Brotherhood in Senegal." 

Graduate Highlight - Camille Ciara Dantzler

This spring, Camille Ciara Dantzler graduated with a Ph.D. in African Studies. Her dissertation was titled "Rising Screen: Women Filmmakers, Poetic Politics, and the Developmental Cinema Complex of the Rwandan Film Industry (1991-2018)." In which she explores ways Rwandan women’s representations and participation in the film industry occupies civic space for women centered dialogue that can engender different modes of experimental social activism through the intersections of filmmaking, gender, and creative expression.

Yoruba GPA Participants Now to Travel in Summer 2022

After missing two summers due to the global pandemic, selected American students from various higher institutions are now preparing to travel to Nigeria in this summer with the 

Black Internationalism Series Promotes Careers In Africa

The Center for African Studies at Howard University, the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center and Howard University School of Business’ HPS-Center for Financial Excellence hosted a discussion between the Howard community and Michael Sudarkasa, CEO of the Africa Business Group, about obtaining careers with private organizations working in Africa.

Call for Art Projects by K-12 Students on Ancient and Medieval Africa

The Center for African Studies at Howard University and Africa Access are seeking outstanding K-12 art projects/lessons on ancient and medieval Africa. Exemplary lessons will be highlighted on the Center’s website. The chart provides examples of artifacts and replicas made by students. 
Contact brenda.randolph@howard.edu or vanessa.oyugi@howard.edu.

New African Film Festival 2022

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Centre
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD
March 18–31, 2022
 
Now in its 18th year, the New African Film Festival (NAFF), presented by AFI and Africa World Now Project, brings the vibrancy of African filmmaking from all corners of the continent and across the diaspora to the Washington, DC, area.

Dr. Ọmọlọlá speaks at the Global Yoruba Culture Day in Lagos

Dr. Báyọ̀ Ọmọlọlá from the Department of World Languages and Cultures spoke at the Global Yoruba Culture Day in Lagos in 2021. As a guest speaker from the diaspora, he spoke on the topic of "Making Money from Yoruba Culture".