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Ghanaian King at Ohio State; August, 2025

Ghanaian King Tsuru II Visits the Wexner Center

CAS jointly hosted King Tackie Teiki Tsuru II, King of the Ga Peoples of Accra (Ga Mantse), with the City of Columbus and the Wexner Center for the Arts on August 1st. The Ga Mantse was in…

Ghanaian and Ohio State Delegations; May, 2025

Ghanaian Delegation Visits Ohio State, CAS

In May, Ohio State and the Center for African Studies hosted a delegation of ministers from Ghana to discuss future collaborations and strengthen the Columbus-Accra sister-city relationship.…

The CAS booth at the Columbus African Festival; July, 2025

CAS at the Columbus African Festival

In July, the Center of African Studies took part in the annual Columbus African Festival held in Genoa Park. The Center partnered with African Studies at Ohio University, Kent State Center for…

Photo of Guest Speaker Janet I. Lewis

Janet Lewis - Harnessing Networks to Counter Anti-Refugee Rumors: A Field Experiment in Uganda

Janet I. Lewis will present "Harnessing Networks to Counter Anti-Refugee Rumors: A Field Experiment in Uganda."

Sharing and vetting uncertain information about out-groups is a social…

Members of the Association for African Studies Programs at Hale Hall, The Ohio State University

CAS Hosts Annual Meeting of the Association for African Studies Programs

This year, CAS hosted the Association for African Studies Programs (AASP) annual meeting on the campus of The Ohio State University.  The meeting lasted two days from March 12 to 13.  The…
Dr. Jacien Carr at Mershon Mondays on March 3rd

Dr. Jacien Carr Shares Research at the March 3rd Mershon Monday Event

At our Mershon Monday event on March 3, Dr. Jacien Carr presented his research on the Poro (men’s power associations) history, folklore, and warfare during the First Liberian Civil War (FLCW…

Dr. Robert Agunga

Dr. Robert Agunga (1951 - 2025)

A statement from CAS Director Dr. Ousman Kobo on the passing of former Director Dr. Robert Agunga:

In MemorialProfessor Robert Agunga It is with a heavy heart, that I write to share that…
Speaker from the CAS-CIBER training session.

CAS Hosts U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers.

22 February 2025

CAS, in collaboration with CIBER (Dominic DiCamillo and Emily Salopeck), hosted the first of several CAS-CIBER Africa seminars to train U.S. Army Civil Affairs soldiers from…

Representative Ismail Mohamed with CAS and others.

CAS Hosts Ohio State Representative Ismail Mohamed (Dist. 3)

20 November, 2024

CAS, Rita Koryan, and Maureen Miller hosted Ohio State House Representative Ismail Mohamed (District 3) to speak about his journey from Somalia to Columbus, and to the Ohio…