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CAS at the Columbus African Festival
CAS participated in the annual Columbus African Festival (CAF) at Genoa Park. The festival which took place from July 27 to 28 is a celebration of Africa in Ohio. CAF is an excellent…
CAS Meets with Ohio National Guard
On July 10, CAS met with Simona Vaclavikova, the civilian chief of staff to General John Harris of the Ohio National Guard (ONG). The purpose of her visit was to propose a partnership with…
Dr. Thelela Ngcetane-Vika and Reverend Gertrude Komani visit CAS!
On June 4, CAS hosted a working lunch with Dr. Thelela Ngcetane-Vika from the University of the Witwatersrand located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Ngcetane-Vika specializes in…
CAS Visit to Ohio University on June 20
On June 20, CAS was hosted by Ohio University’s African Studies Program (ASP) and Center for International Studies (CIS) for a full day of discussions aimed at restoring ASP-CAS-CIS partnership.…
CAS Celebrated Africa Day hosted at Columbus City Hall on May 16
Columbus is home to immigrants from fifty African countries. For city reporting demographic purposes, members of the same immigrant community are counted as country when their population…
Africa at Noon Events
CAS Africa at Noon will provide a monthly platform for Africanist faculties, graduate students, and staff from all disciplines to share their research and receive feedback from colleagues. In…
“The River that Never Rests”: A Deep History of Yorùbá Cosmopolitanism marks resumption of Owomoyela lecture series
April 5th of this year signaled the return of the Owomoyela lecture series after a hiatus of several years due to the covid epidemic and staff transitions within the Center for African Studies.…
Welcome from the Center for African Studies
Dear Africanist Colleagues and Friends,
The staff at the Center for African Studies is thrilled to welcome you back to campus. We are looking forward to an active 2023/24 academic…
Mershon launches series of African affairs-oriented events
This semester marks the launch of a series of African affairs-oriented events at Mershon. With support from the Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme on ‘Archival Imaginations’,…