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Beginning in mid-June, The Ohio State University will host 25 young professionals from across Africa in a six-week Public Management Institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The…

How are We to Live in Our Common Home? Reflections on Laudato Si, Pope Francis' Encyclical on Ecology

Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and…

This new course focuses on African Union (AU), including its foundations, mission, accomplishments and challenges.  The first part of the semester course will examine the AU’s genesis in the…

Dr. Shaaban Ali Kachenje Mlacha, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Planning, Finance, and Administration at the University of Dodoma, Tanzania recently visited Ohio State University to explore collaborative…

“Marx, Freud and the Gods of the Yoruba Atlantic: European Social Theory and the Real-Life ‘Fetish’”  was the topic of the 3rd annual Oyekan Owomoyela Yoruba Studies lecture on March 13th.…

November and December saw a flurry of exchange between OSU two partner universities in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa University and the University of Gondar.  Dr. Yemataw Wondie, from the President’s…

On November 7th, a unique coalition of community and campus groups, including the Center for African Studies, held a music benefit, “Voices to End Ebola” at the Ohio Union.  Diaspora civic…

Over 75 participants from across the US, Africa, and beyond gathered at OSU in late October to discuss the role of agricultural extension in achieving food security throughout the continent. The…

Yoruba is spoken by 30 million West Africans, in Nigeria as well as in Togo, Benin, and Sierra Leone. It is also spoken by millions in the Diaspora, in Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Trinidad and…