You are Invited to Apply
Africa in the Classroom & Community
3 Day Summer  Institute for Teachers
Wednesday August 2, 2017 - Friday August 4, 2017
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