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.

Schools, Supplies and Water in Uganda

"When Euland Ramsey embarked on her first mission trip to Uganda in 2009, she originally thought she’d just chalk it up to a great experience and cross it off her bucket list. But as she and the other volunteers were handing out the 200 pairs of flip flops that they brought over for the locals, she saw that the number of people in line far exceeded the amount of footwear they had left in the boxes..." [Read more in the Bison Beat May 2021 issue.]

Welcome to CABA's Home Base

The Center for African Studies at Howard University is now the institutional base for the Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA). The Awards are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on Africa published or republished in the U.S. The Center is building a complete in-house collection of CABA Books, which will be available to educators, as part of the Outreach Library.

Recordings of 2020 Virtual ASA Teachers' Workshop

The recordings from the 2020 Virtual African Studies Association Teachers' Workshop are now published. The session "The Role of Illustrations in Picture Books: An Essential Layer of Storytelling" was presented by the Center for African Studies with CABA Winners, Adrienne Wright and Elizabeth Zunon. 

View them here: asaoutreach.org/post/recordings-2020-asa-teachers-workshop.

Recording of Symposium: Re-Shaping a New US-Africa Policy and the Role of HBCUs

Our Symposium was attended live by 531 individuals on Zoom and YouTube. Did you miss it? Here's your chance to view the recording.

ASA lecture by Bob Edgar

The 2020 African Studies Review (ASR) Distinguished Lecture with Bob Edgar, Professor Emeritus of Howard University, is now available to view on YouTube. His talk is entitled African Voices Matter: Reflections on Fifty Years of Historical Research in Southern Africa was presented at the 63rd African Studies Association Meeting.

Krista Johnson awarded a CADFP Fellowship

Krista Johnson, Director at the Center for African Studies (CfAS), Howard University, and Professor Ade Adebajo at the University of Johannesburg were recently awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship for the upcoming year. As a CADFP Fellow, Dr.

Howard at 63rd ASA

This year, at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), Howard University has a strong representation. Below please find the Howard faculty and students who are presenting along with their sessions and paper titles.

The African Studies Review together with the ASA Board launched a distinguished lecture in 2011 featuring state of the art research in African Studies. This year, the speaker will be Bob Edgar, Professor Emeritus of Howard University.

The ASA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of Africanist scholars in the world.

CfAS celebrates International Education Week

International Education Week (November 16-20, 2020) is a national week of the U.S. Department of State and U.S.

Welcome to Maryan Ali, our new Somali Instructor

A Word from Professor Maryan Ali

I am a former refugee from Somaliland. My educational journey started in the late 90s in the US and I completed my Bachelor in Computer Information Systems in Minnesota and moved to the Washington Metropolitan area at the end of 2006, where I taught, developed, and tested the Somali language for the last ten years. I have completed my Masters of Career Technical Education online at Concordia University.