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Tariq Rahman Lahore is an ancient city. Lahore is a megacity. Though I can think of nothing more cliché to say about an Asian city than describing it as a “land of contrasts,” I do find the tension between Lahore’s history and present to be a productive one to think with when it comes to […]
Our students and faculty did us proud with amazing conference presentations at the annual African Language Teacher’s Association meeting. A few students and faculty also attended some support those presenting and represent the ASC. Wolof and isiXhosa students wowed the ALTA participants! Wolof students Beth Woods (CAS’28) and Amanda McFarland (SPH’23) worked with Wolof Instructor Lamine Diallo […]
The African Studies Library houses collections by and about women within African Studies. We will highlight some of these collections weekly through the month of March in honor of Women’s History Month. Care to learn more? You are welcome to stop by the African Studies Library to investigate them for yourself! Paula Hirsch Foster lived […]
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 […]
ASC Director Mark Storella and Charles Holmes, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Georgetown University, published an article in the Council on Foreign Relations’ Think Global Health site on the “U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Zambia’s Lessons on Governance, Health and Partnership.” Think Global Health is an initiative of the Council on Foreign […]
The Diaspora Studies Initiative of the African Studies Center partnered with the Evergreen program of the Boston University Metropolitan College for the seminar series “Migration and Remittances in the FinTech Era.” Dr. Daivi Rodima-Taylor led the seminars “Sending Money Back Home: Migration from the Global South” and “Financial Technology and Informal Economies in Africa” that […]
The African Studies Center will celebrate and honor Professor Jim McCann on Friday, December 9, on the occasion of his retirement from Boston University. In addition to his current roles as Professor of History and Associate Director for Development at the African Studies Center, Professor McCann has served as Director of the African Studies Center, […]
The ASC is now accepting applications for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for summer 2023 and the 2023-24 academic year! This program supports undergraduate and graduate students who are engaging in the study of any of the several African languages taught at BU, which include Akan Twi, Amharic, Arabic, Igbo, Mandinka, Swahili, Wolof, […]
The Boston University African Language Program is pleased to announced that it has published a new workbook in its growing series of Ajami teaching resources: Littafin Koyan Hausa Ajami Don Lafiyar Al-Umma (Hausa Ajami Workbook for Public Health) by Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi. Dr. Kurfi is a Senior Lecturer at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria, […]
The Boston University NEH Ajami project, led by Prof. Fallou Ngom (PI) and Dr. Daivi Rodima-Taylor (Project Manager), is pleased to share resources developed in the course of its three-year research engagement funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project, Ajami Literacy and the Expansion of Literacy and Islam: The Case of West […]