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CAS Joins 2025 Columbus Africa Day Celebration
On May 22, the City of Columbus hosted its 3rd Annual Columbus Africa Day celebration. Africa Day salutes the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. In 2002…
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 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.…
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…
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…
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 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 (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…
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…