The Center for African Studies Outreach Program at Howard University is hosting a three-day summer institute for highly motivated educators interested in reading, learning, and teaching about Africa (August 2-4, 2017).
African Studies scholars will introduce educators to history, culture and contemporary issues in three African countries: Ethiopia, Mali and Angola. Educators who complete the 3 day course and design a related lesson will receive a stipend of $300.00.
Institute Overview
Ethiopia
Christian and Muslim Kingdoms in Ancient and Medieval Ethiopia
Ethiopians Fight Back: the Italian Invasions of 1889 and 1935
Land Ownership and Food Security
Amharic language and Coffee Ceremony
Mali
Nation Building and the Epic of Sundiata
Mali's Golden Age : Mansa Musa
Global Timbuktu: Timbuktu, Mali / Timbuktoo, New Jersey and Timbuktoo, New York
Protecting the Timbuktu Manuscripts: Roots of the 2012 Conflict
Mali and the Diaspora: Kora, the Banjo, the Blues and Hip-Hop
Angola
Queen Njinga in Angolan History
The Kongo Diaspora in the Americas
Kleptocracy, Fossil Fuels and Inequality
Angolan Diaspora: Drums, Capoeira, and Kizomba
Space is limited
Outreach
Center for African Studies,
Howard University
2225 Georgia Avenue, NW 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20059 202.238.2324 Questions: brenda.randolph@howard.edu