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Cardinal Turkson to Address Environmental Issues
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…
New Model African Union course Fall 2015
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…
Africa Network hosts Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Dodoma
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…
Dr. J. Lorand Matory delivers Owomoyela Yoruba Studies lecture
“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.…
IT, Study Abroad exchange with Ethiopia
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…
End Ebola Now Initiative Raises $6000
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…
Agricultural Extension Conference
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 Classes are Back
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 Tobago…
CAS to host Extension Africa 2014 Conference
The Center for African Studies (CAS) and partnering departments will host an international conference October 20th and 21st, 2014 on Agricultural Extension and Food Security in Africa. The…