Center for African Studies awards record number of summer FLAS fellowships

The Center for African Studies has awarded $190,000 in summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to a record 20 undergraduate students to study African languages and cultures in four countries in Summer 2025. In addition to continuing its support of established study abroad programs for Zulu (South Africa) and Swahili (Kenya), the Center will achieve another milestone by supporting the return of Wolof (Senegal) and welcoming an inaugural program for Twi (Ghana).

Howard Participation at ASA 2024

What panels are Howard faculty and students presenting on at the 67th 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 it will be held in Chicago, IL from December 12 – 14, with the theme "Global Africa".

Becoming with The People of the Sky: Nia Assata’s Journey in South Africa

By Nia Assata Muhammad, Undergraduate Student, Junior Sociology Major,

Reflection on the African Studies Summer Leadership Institute 2024

The African Studies Summer Leadership Institute launched in the summer of 2024 as an initiative to bring African history, culture, and contemporary affairs to high school youth in the Washington, DC area. It aims to create an ever-evolving bond between Howard University and local communities that will promote pathways to global leadership, foster strong relationships amongst Africans in the diaspora, and bring visibility to our prestigious Department of African Studies.

Latrese's Yoruba Study Abroad Experience: Linking the past, present, and future

By Latrese Johnson, Undergraduate Student, Africana Studies major; Wome

Ameerah discovers herself in Nigeria

By Ameerah Thomas, Undergraduate Student, Philosophy Major 

Yoruba Fulbright-Hays Project Abroad Reflections from Amina

By Amina Wague, Undergraduate Student, Human Development Major with a c

Da’Riah's Unforgettable Study Abroad Experience in Kenya

By Da’Riah Terrell, Undergraduate Student, Political Science Major with

Newzroom Afrika features Howard University's Zulu lecturer and students

Newzroom Afrika, a South African news channel, features Howard University's Zulu lecturer, Dr. Sipho Sithole, and two of his students, Tatiana Allen (Howard University) and Anastasia Taylor (Jackson State University), while they study abroad in South Africa, as part of the HUZISA Program at Howard.

Our Zulu students have arrived in Johannesburg!

Our Zulu students have arrived in Johannesburg as part of the HU Zulu in South Africa (HUZISA) Study Abroad Program. This year our new instructor Sipho Sithole is leading the program which is a 6-week study abroad program for immersion in both the language and the culture of the Zulu people of South Africa.