Howard Participation at ASA 2022

What panels are Howard faculty presenting on at the 65th 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.

This year's theme is "African Urbanities: Mobility, Creativity, and Challenges"

USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship Awarded to Clinical Psychology Student

Written by Clinical Psychology PhD Student, Christine Kindler

Photo: Christine Kindler, founder of CARSA - Christophe Mbonyingabo, Dr. Ezer Kang

Dr. Mnyandu on BBC Newsday on China-South Africa Relations

Listen to Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu of Howard University on BBC Newsday on China's Relationship with South Africa. Forward to 36 min 55 sec. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yf8rg5db4wh

Thank you for joining us at the Open House!

Thank you for joining us at the Center for African Studies Open House yesterday, Tuesday, October 11!

The director of the Center, Dr. Krista Johnson shared opportunities such as language fellowships for students and faculty grants and our new Affiliated Faculty program. Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu's Zulu class turned choir performed and many HU students and faculty make connections with others interested in all things Africa-related.

We hope that you will join us for our events through out the year and take advantage of opportunities at the Center.

Reflections from Swahili Study Abroad Program 2022

Written by Interdisciplinary Studies/International Affairs student, Alexa Baker

Congratulations to Tiffany Thames Copeland for the Fulbright Scholar Grant!

Tiffany Thames Copeland, PhD, a Howard University alumna, was recently awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant. The Fulbright grant is a prestigious award offered by the United States Department of State. The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board members--appointed by the President of the United States--selected Dr. Copeland as a grant recipient. 

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.

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.