The 2024 Summer Leadership Institute, June 24 - August 2

The Howard University Department of African Studies presents the 2024 Summer Leadership Institute, Creating Global Leaders for Tomorrow, Empowering Youth for Today: Africa's Languages, Cultures, and Traditions.  This is an interactive and experiential event for students in high school, grades 10-12.  It will be held from June 24 - August 2, 2024.  For more information, please send inquiries to: tdwyatt@howard.edu.

New Book: Issues of Governance, Security and Development in Contemporary Africa

African Studies faculty members and alumni recently released the edited volume Issues of Governance, Security and Development in Contemporary Africa.

Undergraduate Research Continues to Flourish in the Department of African Studies

Darline Washington is currently conducting her undergraduate research project under the guidance of Dr. Flordeliz T. Bugarin, Associate Professor in the Department of African Studies.  Her research is centered on the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa, with a focus on the impacts of forced removals and informal settlements resulting from governmental agendas, environmental policies, and the creation of game parks.

Congratulations to Dr. Shayla Monroe!

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Monroe begins her first semester this Fall 2023 at Harvard University as a new tenure-track Assistant Professor.  She began her career at Howard University, where she was an undergraduate research assistant in the Montague Cobb Lab under Dr. Flordeliz T. Bugarin, Associate Professor in the Department of African Studies.  Dr.

New Course! Trafficking & Destruction of African Heritage

The new course, Trafficking, and Destruction of African Heritage (AFST 120) will be launched in Spring 2022 by Dr. Bugarin, Associate Professor in the Department of African Studies along with Dr. Eleanor King, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology.

Pan-African/Global African Digital Consortium

Unpacking Africa and China on the "On Africa" Podcast

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Dr. PLO Lumumba on the Role of Africa and the Black Diaspora in International Affairs

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Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu featured on Straight Talk Africa

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