General news about the Center, its affiliated faculty, or related events.
Library News We want to wish our students all the best as you wrap up final projects and begin to prepare for exams! Please be aware of the following schedule changes: Extended study hours! Mugar Memorial Library will be open 24 hours for the duration of study period and finals. An overnight shuttle service will […]
A video recording of the recent Walter Rodney Lecture Featuring Assistant Professor of African American Alden Young is available now. Watch “After the Developmental State: Hajj Hamad and the Geopolitics of the Horn of Africa” here. A synopsis of Alden Young’s Rodney Seminar by Pamela Icyeza through the GDP Center is available here.
Library News Reminder: Entry to the Mugar Library is still limited to active status faculty, staff and students. You will need to display your green Covid attestation badge and swipe your BU ID at the gate in order to enter. Those with borrowing privileges at the Library, may also make online requests for books for […]
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 […]
Library News Reminder: Entry to the Mugar Library is still limited to active status faculty, staff and students. You will need to display your green Covid attestation badge and swipe your BU ID at the gate in order to enter. Reference/Research Assistance: You can contact us in a variety of ways email- asl@bu.edu […]
Children’s Africana Book Awards The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on Africa published or republished in the U.S. Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association (ASA) created CABA in 1991 to encourage the publication and use of […]
The recording of our last Walter Rodney Lecture of the semester is now live on our YouTube Channel. Click here to watch Pan-Africanism in the Epics of Chaka Zulu and Sundiata Keita by Babacar M’Baye.
Potabilisation des eaux de surface en Afrique de l’Ouest : Solutions techniques adaptées de l’expérience de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal. David, Frédéric ; Diop, Khadim ; Naulet, Frédéric et al ; 2020 Ce document poursuit un double objectif : contribuer à la vulgarisation des connaissances techniques sur le traitement des eaux de surface en […]
Potabilisation des eaux de surface en Afrique de l’Ouest : Solutions techniques adaptées de l’expérience de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal. David, Frédéric ; Diop, Khadim ; Naulet, Frédéric et al ; 2020 Ce document poursuit un double objectif : contribuer à la vulgarisation des connaissances techniques sur le traitement des eaux de surface en […]
Michael Woldemariam, Director of the BU African Studies Center and Associate Professor of International Relations at the BU Pardee School of Global Studies, joined the International Crisis Group for an episode of their podcast – The Horn.