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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’,…
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…
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…
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,…