The 200 word project is a visual and audio tool comprised of a database of specialized words with pictures and video clips that allow students to hear native speakers pronounce each word. Words were identified based on their applicability to professional fields such as business, medicine, and human rights as well as their ability to […]
The African Studies Center welcomes Melissa Martin as our new Assistant Director, effective July 15, 2024. Melissa’s a mission-driven leader who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role in addition to a deep commitment to African Studies. She has extensive grants management experience in international public health, having worked and consulted for […]
The course prepares students to intervene effectively in social problems (e.g. gender based violence, internal displacement, food security) in local and international settings using the human rights framework. Students will gain skills to work effectively with multiple stakeholders including the UN, INOs and community-based agencies. The course will be taught in collaboration with local and […]
BU Ethnomusicology Ph.D. candidate Kumera Zekarias produced a recent episode of Afropop Worldwide on Oromo music. Listen to the episode here.
The African Bridge Network- a nonprofit that creates an enabling environment for professional and foreign-born immigrants living in the Massachusetts area to maximize their potential. Currently African Bridge Network is seeking a research intern for the Fall semester with a possibility of extending into the Spring semester. The details of the position and requirements are […]
Examines the Islamization of Africa and literary traditions. Students learn about African texts written in the Arabic script (Ajami) and the spread of Islam and its Africanization throughout the continent. Texts written by enslaved Africans in the Americas are examined.
This course introduces the arts of Africa and Latin America. It explores the rich diversity of each continent’s artistic production and highlights the impact of their intertwining histories on visual expression in the wake of transcontinental exchange and globalization. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.
Last Thursday, BU African Students Organization, BU Umoja and the African Language Program held their annual dinner last Thursday with over 100 students in attendance! Igbo Lecturer and ASO Advisor Nneka Agba helped the student groups organize the event. The leadership of each organizations and the instructors from the African Language Program each took turns […]
The Fall 2022 African studies course offerings are listed on the ASC website! These courses count towards the African Studies minor, the African Languages and Literature minor, the major in Linguistics and African languages and the African Studies graduate certificate. Have a class that you would like to add to the list? Please email the course number to ASC Program Administrator Natasha Patel.
BU Students are eligible to get their registration fee for the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association covered by the ASC. If you have yet to register you can email us to pay the registration fee for you, or if you have already paid you can email us the receipt for reimbursement. Available funding […]