Ph.D. candidate Kumera Zekarias produced recent Afropop Worldwide episode on Oromo
BU Ethnomusicology Ph.D. candidate Kumera Zekarias produced a recent episode of Afropop Worldwide on Oromo music. Listen to the episode here.
Category: Center News
General news about the Center, its affiliated faculty, or related events.
Visiting Researcher Susanne Mueller recently published in the Washington Post and with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies
BU Affiliated Researcher Susanne Mueller recently published a commentary with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies entitled “Ethnicity and Violence: New Dynamics in Kenya’s Elections?” and an article in The Washington Post entitled, “Why did Kenyans elect Ruto as president?”
ASC Awarded $2.4 Million in Title VI Funds
The African Studies Center is thrilled to share that is has been selected for generous support from the US Department of Education through its Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships programs for the 2022-26 funding period. We are excited about our continuing and new initiatives to promote teaching […]
African Studies Library Hosts West African Research Center (WARC) Librarian Badara Sarr
The African Studies Library (ASL) recently hosted Aliou Badara Sarr, Chief Librarian of the West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal, for a three-week training and networking visit. The West African Research Center is an overseas research center for the West African Research Association (WARA), whose US program is based here at Boston University. […]
Workshop Connects Ajami Researchers in Discussions of Best Practices
In early July, the ASC hosted a vibrant three-day workshop led by Prof. Fallou Ngom and Dr. Daivi Rodima-Taylor to connect researchers involved in Ajami research in West Africa. Participants included BU African studies faculty, research affiliates, staff, and graduate students as well as members of the Geddes Language Center, African Studies Library, and colleagues […]
Remembering Dr. Jean Hay
It is with great sadness that we inform the African Studies Center community of the passing of former Editor of the International Journal of African Historical Studies, Dr. Margaret Jean Hay. She passed peacefully on July 11, 2022, at age 78, after a long struggle with Alzheimers. At the African Studies Center, Jean is remembered as […]
ASC Welcomes New Director, Amb. (ret.) Mark Storella
To the Scholars, Staff, Affiliates and Friends of BU’s African Studies Center: It is a great honor to succeed Michael Woldemariam as Director of Boston University’s African Studies Center. ASC is the jewel in the crown of the Pardee School of Global Studies and is a national resource for African language training, documentation, research publication […]
Repatriating a Centuries-Old Ethiopian Psalter
In late May 2022 BU ASC Fulbright Scholar Dr. Masresha Fetene will be carrying a smoky leather-bound Ethiopian Ge’ez language psalter from Boston to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University for preservation and study in its venerable manuscript collection. That volume was originally in my possession and how it came to Boston […]
ASC Hosts Fulbright-Hays Teachers Heading to Morocco
From June 9 through June 11, the African Studies Center hosted a pre-departure orientation (PDO) for 16 US high school teachers ahead of their participation in a Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad to Morocco, “Education in Morocco—An Evolving Landscape.” The seminar in Morocco is led by the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational & Cultural Exchange (MACECE), the Moroccan Fulbright […]
The Joys of the African Language Program in Spring 2022: A message from ALP Director Zoliswa “Zoli” Mali
As we end the Spring semester and head our different ways it is great to share a couple of academic events we and our students engaged in. We are grateful that the African Studies Center afforded us the opportunity to attend at least two very important events of our African Language pedagogy field. Dr Zoli […]