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Ousman Kobo to lead Center for African Studies

Ousman Murzik Kobo, associate professor in the Department of History, has been appointed director of the Center for African Studies. In this role, he will be responsible for developing a strategic…

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MAU attends Southeast Conference

For the first time, OSU Model African Union students attended the Regional Southeast Simulation sponsored by Savannah State University November 8-10th. As with the national conference held in…

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2019 Owomoyela Yoruba Studies Scholarship Launched

The Center for African Studies is pleased to announce the launching of the  

Owomoyela Yoruba Studies Graduate Scholarship Competition

Purpose: The study of Yoruba language,…

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Professor Salome Fouts Receives Distinguished Teaching Award

Salome Fouts, senior lecturer and the director of African Languages at the Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, has received the Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a…

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OSU Model African Union represents Guinea and Liberia at International Simulation, Win Awards

For the eighth consecutive year, OSU students from the Model African Union (MAU) organization took part in the annual international simulation hosted by Howard University in Washington, DC…

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Artist Moyo Okediji explores “Semioptics of Yoruba Language” in Owomoyela Fund lecture

This year’s Oyekan Owomoyela lecture, “Semioptics of Yoruba Language: Word as Image”, delved into the confluence of spoken and visual word in Yoruba painting sculpture, installations, proverbs,…

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Voices from the Field Spring 2018

Researchers working in Africa in any field—from social science to hydrology to epidemiology—need data to be able to develop and guide best practices and produce actionable scholarly results.…

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Ghana 4H Youth visit OSU as part of “Our Common Home” project

Three young Ghanaians and two adults representing Ghana 4H and YMCA recently spent a week visiting Columbus and experiencing programs that engage youth in agriculture. The visit was a culminating…

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Voices from the Field: Challenges and Opportunities of Data

The Center for African Studies, Global Water Institute and the Global One Health Initiative are continuing the Voices from the Field brown bag speaker series featuring multidisciplinary…