African Studies Association - http://www.africanstudies.org/

The African Studies Association (ASA) was founded in 1957 as a nonprofit organization open to all individuals and institutions interested in African affairs. Its mission is to bring together people with a scholarly and professional interest in Africa. The ASA also provides useful services to the Africanist community. Currently four periodicals and several occasional publications are produced annually. With 3,000 individual and 600 institutional members, the Association is the leading North American organization which promotes African Studies.

African Studies Centre Leiden- http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/

The African Studies Centre (Afrika-Studiecentrum) in Leiden, The Netherlands, was founded in 1948 and is the leading Africanist research and documentation institute in the Netherlands. It has a multidisciplinary background and promotes research and disseminates knowledge on African societies and cultures. It has a library and documentation department, and a research department with some 25 researchers with varying backgrounds: anthropology, sociology, geography, economics, and law.

American University in Cairo - http://www.aucegypt.edu/

The Office of African Studies promotes the interdisciplinary development of Africanist scholarship and coordinates the offering of courses on Africa by various departments throughout the university. It also works closely with universities and donor agencies in Sub-Saharan Africa in the development of joint programs. The Office houses a reading room with an extensive collection of African periodical literature, and provides facilities for faculty, visiting scholars and special research projects.

Berkeley-Stanford University, African Studies - http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/africa/Intro.html#joint program

The Center co-sponsors cooperative language and outreach programs as the Berkeley-Stanford Joint Center for African Studies, a consortium of two universities (the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University) funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program. Although both schools administer their courses and degrees separately, course credit can be arranged for graduate students taking courses on either campus by participating in the Stanford-Berkeley Exchange Program.

Boston University, African Studies Center - http://www.bu.edu/africa/

The African Studies Center at Boston University, established in 1953, was one of the first graduate programs in the United States to offer a multidisciplinary African Studies curriculum. Over the decades it has achieved international recognition for its commitment to teaching, research, and publications, and has been recognized as a National Resource Center for African Language and Area Studies by the United States Department of Education.

Brussels Centre for African Studies - http://www.vub.ac.be/BCAS/

The tradition of Africanist research at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the mother- university, dates back to the 1950s. The Brussels Centre of African Studies brings together the Africanists from the two main universities in Brussels: the Francophone Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch- speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Although supported by different federal authorities (the Flemish Community and the French-speaking Community) both universities are united by a common history.

Bryn Mawr, Africana Studies - http://www.brynmawr.edu/Adm/academic/africana.html

Africana studies is a developing synthetic field that brings a global frame of reference and a variety of disciplinary perspectives to the study of Africa and the African diaspora. Drawing on the methods of anthropology, economics, history, literature studies and linguistics, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology, the field also encompasses the study of decolonization and the processes of modernization and development against a background of international economic change, both in Africa and in societies worldwide with populations of African origin.

Carleton College, African/African American Studies Department - http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/AFAM/index.html

The program in African/African American Studies provides a cross cultural and comparative framework for systematically studying the traditions and experiences of Africans in the New and Old worlds. African/ African American Studies encourages students to develop their analytic, research and literary skills by critical study of political and cultural themes interwoven in the complex patterns of Western and African civilizations. The program provides a forum for addressing the conjunction of gender issues, class, race, ethnicity and power. The major considers topics such as the construction of self; marginality; cultural and artistic creativity; spiritual resilience; and responses to exclusion.

Central Connecticut State University - African Studies Center - http://www.ccsu.edu/afstudy/

The African Studies Program is a part of the Central Connecticut State University International Area Studies Program. Its principal goals are:

To promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Africa
To give students an opportunity to study in Africa and to encourage student exchanges
To facilitate the exchange of scholars between C.C.S.U. and African institutions
To establish links with local and regional educators interested in the study of Africa
To encourage student visitation of Africana Collections
To develop a collaborative relationship with other African Studies programs.

Centre for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages (CSSALL) - http://nymphs.udw.ac.za/

The Centre for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages has been established at the University of Durban-Westville to promote an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to Southern African literature and languages. The Centre offers Degree Courses: in Southern African Literary and Language Studies and A Master of Arts in Southern African Literary and Language Studies by dissertation or course work Doctor's Degree

Columbia University - The Institute of African Studies - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/IAS

The Institute of African Studies, one of eight regional institutes at Columbia University's School of International Affairs, provides a special forum for students, faculty and others with an interest in the multitude of issues facing the African continent. Founded in 1959, and the recipient of a Title VI grant award as a National Resource Center in African Studies, the Institute has prepared generations of Africa practitioners for careers in development, diplomacy, business, governance journalism, law, human rights, academic research and teaching.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Africana Studies and Research Center - http://www.asrc.cornell.edu/

Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center is concerned with the examination of the history, culture, intellectual development, and social organization of Black people and cultures in the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its program is structured from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective and presents a variety of subjects in focal areas of history, literature, social sciences, and African languages including Mandinka, Swahili, and Yoruba.

Duke University, African and African-American Studies Program - http://www.duke.edu/web/africanameric/

The African and African-American Studies Program at Duke is an interdisciplinary course of studies designed to explore the history and culture, as well as social, political and economic issues, that have shaped the experience of peoples of African ancestry. The program provides courses which are an essential component of a liberal arts education and may constitute a major or complement another major.

East Carolina University, African Studies Committee -http://www.ecu.edu/african/homepage.htm

The African Studies Committee has served the academic and public communities of our region since 1971. It is indeed our honor and privilege to provide teachers and students with many of the world's most important Africana Internet sites. Thank you for visiting our Academic Home Page and for seeking the truth about the birthplace of humanity, the African continent.

Emory University, Institute of African Studies - http://www.cc.emory.edu/COLLEGE/IAS/index.htm

The Institute of African Studies offers a active community of scholars and a lively focus of activity to persons interested in Africa. The Institute promotes interdisciplinary teaching and research on Africa, administers an undergraduate minor, and coordinates graduate training in African Studies at Emory. The Institute also runs an ongoing seminar in African studies, hosts visiting African scholars, and regularly sponsors conferences, exhibitions, and special events on Africa. With its resources and activities, the Institute of African Studies encourages and supports rich and diverse Africanist teaching, scholarship, and outreach.

Five College African Studies Program - http://www.fivecolleges.edu/deptprog/African/

Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and University of Massachusetts comprise the Five Colleges. No campus of the Five Colleges has sufficient teaching resources on Africa to enable you to complete the certificate program, but collectively, the five campuses taken together provide one of the richest resources of African Studies expertise and courses anywhere in America. You will likely need to take courses on at least one campus other than your own in order to complete the certificate program. Since the mid-1980s, faculty in the Five Colleges with Africa interests have been part of the Five College African Studies Council which coordinates offerings of Africa-related courses, supports the certificate program, and plans seminars, study-in-Africa opportunities, and visits to the area by African scholars and artists.

Harvard African Studies - http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cafrica/

The Harvard University Committee on African Studies is an interdisciplinary group of scholars appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to coordinate teaching and research and advance knowledge and understanding of Africa within Harvard.

Howard University, African Studies Department - http://www.founders.howard.edu/cas/as-page/intro.html

The Department decided that the best approach to the study of the African continent can be better accomplished by adopting an interdisciplinary approach. Indeed, such an approach also requires a specialized knowledge of the history, culture, and other aspects of life on the continent. As for its students, the Department emphasizes overseas training and experiences, particularly at the Ph.D. level, and doctoral dissertation based on field research or the use of primary sources.

Indiana University - African Studies Program - http://www.indiana.edu/~afrist/

A distinguished research faculty of over 50 people in 14 academic departments and 5 professional schools; a dynamic African languages program; outstanding graduate students who have won 22 external awards and completed 36 dissertations over the last 3 years; active student and faculty exchange programs in virtually every major region of the continent; one of the largest Africana library collections in the country; the Archives of Traditional Music, which comprise the largest university- based ethnographic sound archives in the United States; an internationally-known African art collection in our Art Museum; vigorous outreach programs; and much more.

Institut für Afrikastudien, Universität Bayreuth - Afrikanologie Germany -
http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/Afrikanologie/

Bayreuth African Studies presents essays and monographs on African literature, linguistics, musicology, sociology and religion. Bayreuth African Studies endeavors to promote cooperation with African research institutions and African Scholars. Its publications are an attempt to open up critical dialogue between scholars of the South and North and considering the limited facilities for publication in Africa, to provide a platform for critical views form Africa in the first place. Publication Information:
http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/Afrikanologie/publikationen

Koyto University - Center of African Area Studies - http://www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

The Center for African Area Studies (CAAS) of Kyoto University was created in 1986 as the only academic research institution in Japan devoted to African Studies.

Montclair State University, Society of Research on African Cultures - http://picard.montclair.edu/~sorac/

SORAC's primary aim is to promote and enhance instruction and research in all aspects relating to African cultures (politics, economy, cultures, arts, societies, languages, etc.) at Montclair State University. At the same time, SORAC intends to make of Montclair State University a major center for the diffusion and promotion of African cultures and related research, not only in the State of New Jersey, but also in North America and worldwide.

Through SORAC, students, faculty, researchers and other scholars at Montclair State and elsewhere will have an ideal forum for discussion and a readily available source of information which will not only facilitate access to their areas of interest, but also provide them with a more genuine and informed representation of the African world.

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at the Tel Aviv University - http://www.dayan.org/

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the study of the modern history and contemporary affairs of the Middle East. The Center seeks to impart an understanding of Middle Eastern past and present to academic and general audiences, in Israel and abroad. The Center is part of the School of History and the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University.

New York University - Africana Studies - http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/africana/index.html

The Africana Studies Program, Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS), is an academic program, and the Institute of Afro-American Affairs is a cultural and community center that supports research and special events. These distinct organizations share a common leadership, staff, and facilities. The Africana Studies Program and the Institute of Afro-American Affairs have jointly contributed to the study of Blacks in modernity.

The Nordic Africa Institution, UPPSALA, SWEDEN - http://www.nai.uu.se/indexeng.html

Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (NAI) is an independent institution, responsible to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Institute is financed by the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and is governed by a Nordic Research and Programme Council. The Institute was founded in 1962. The Institute encourages and conducts scientific research and studies on Africa in the Nordic countries and promotes cooperation between African and Nordic researchers. It is a documentation center for African research and disseminates information about contemporary African affairs.

Northwestern University - Program of African Studies -http://nuinfo.nwu.edu/african-studies/

The first center of its kind in the United States, the Program remains at the forefront of Africanist study and research. Over nearly half a century, scholars associated with the Program have produced vital and innovative scholarship and trained over three hundred Africanists through the doctorate. Faculty in many areas of inquiry-- African American studies, anthropology, art history, economics, English, film, French, geography, history, law, linguistics, literature and languages, media and communications, music, performance studies, political science, religions, sociology, and theater--have taken part in this endeavor, working across disciplinary boundaries and regional specialization's.

Ohio State University African-American & African Studies - http://aaas.ohio-state.edu/

Black Studies obtained formal department status in 1972 (now African-American and African Studies) and today enjoys the reputation of being one of the strongest African-American and African Studies programs in the nation. The primary mission of the African-American and African Studies Department is to stimulate teaching and research about the Black experience in the U.S., Africa and throughout the African Diaspora, and to encourage students and others to assess various strategies for advancing human progress through the examination of the worldwide struggle for Black freedom.

Ohio University - African Studies Program - http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/~African/main.htm

The African Studies Program grew out of the excitement emanating from the decolonization of the continent in the mid-1960s and the awareness of the important role Africa could play in world affairs. Today the multi- disciplinary nature of the program allows the student to build a course of study reflecting Africa's contemporary reality. Themes include the socioeconomic development of the continent in the context of Africa's grand cultural and historical traditions. Students may also view the study of Africa as an excellent case-study of the process of social change in the developing world.

Stanford University, Center for African Studies - http://www-leland.stanford.edu/dept/AFR

The Center for African Studies (CAS) is an exciting resource for Stanford undergraduates. Students interested in Africa and African Studies at any level - academic, social, or personal - are encouraged to become involved with the Center. The easiest way to learn about upcoming events is through the quarterly newsletter that CAS publishes. This newsletter includes current information about African language summer programs, employment opportunities in Africa, and a variety of available scholarships and grants

Tulane University, African and African Diaspora Studies program - http://www.tulane.edu/~adst/

The Program in African and African Diaspora Studies offers students an interdisciplinary course of study that may lead to either a Major or a Minor. Both the Major and the Minor are designed to enable students a considerable degree of freedom in the choice electives and they both offer ample avenues for students interested in pursuing independent research and /or internship experiences. The Program supports students who choose to study the languages of Africa and its Diaspora and is particularly interested in encouraging the study of less commonly taught languages such as Yoruba, Kiswahili, Arabic and Haitian Creole. The Program also encourages students to pursue Study Abroad opportunities in Africa and its Diaspora and advises them in all matters pertaining to such study. The option to write an Honors thesis is available both to students who are in the University's Honors Program as well as to those who seek Honors within the ADST Program.

University of Albany and the State University of New York, Department of Africana
Studies http://www.albany.edu/africana/

The Department of Africana Studies at the University at Albany promotes excellence in teaching, research, and service. The Department is concerned with the study of the experiences of the people of Africa and the African diaspora. Through the study of such disciplines as history, politics, economics, culture, literature, sociology, and psychology, the Department aims to engender an appreciation of diversity and emphasize in ways that Africans and people of African decent in the Americas have constructed and interpreted their own lives and cultures.

University of California at Berkeley, Center for African Studies - http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/africa/

The Berkeley's Center for African Studies was established in 1979 as an interdisciplinary research center to support basic research and training of scholars. The Center supports scholarly activities over a broad range of topics that address contemporary African issues. The Center provides opportunities for students majoring in traditionally defined fields to develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary program in African Studies.

The Center cosponsors cooperative language and outreach programs as the Berkeley-Stanford Joint Center for African Studies, a consortium of two universities funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program. Although both schools administer their courses and degrees separately, course credit can be arranged for graduate students taking courses on either campus by participating in the Stanford-Berkeley Exchange Program.

University of California at Los Angeles, African Studies Center-(UCLA) http://www.isop.ucla.edu/jscasc/

The African Studies Center at UCLA was established in 1959 to further stimulate the growing national interest in the region and to develop outreach, academic, and research programs on Africa. Increased national demand for new language and area skills soon led to its designation as a National Resource Center for African Studies. In 1989, the Center was renamed to honor its founder James S. Coleman, whose pioneering scholarship marks him as one of the architects of African Area Studies in the United States.

University of Cambridge, African Studies Center - http://www.african.cam.ac.uk/

Established in 1965 by path-breaking anthropologist, Dr. Audrey Richards, the Centre offers - a relaxed meeting place with a library that boasts one of the best views in Cambridge, 27,000 books from or about Africa, a film and video archive and easy access to newspapers and magazines; research and teaching support with over a hundred masters and doctoral theses on Africa being researched at any one time, and a registry of some 300 Africanists; multidisciplinary workshops, seminar series, publications and exhibitions.

University of Edinburgh, Center of African Studies - http://www.ed.ac.uk/~centas/cas.htm

In the University of Edinburgh, the study of Africa is taken very seriously, not only in the Centre, but in many other departments and faculties. It has been estimated that there are almost 100 members of staff in the University for whom researching and teaching Africa is either a primary or secondary interest. This allows for a very rich interdisciplinary emphasis to pervade the study of Africa in Edinburgh.

University of Florida, Center for African Studies - http://web.africa.ufl.edu/

The Center for African Studies was established in 1964 and is funded, in part, under Title VI of the Higher Education Act as a National Resource Center on Africa. The Center directs, develops, and coordinates interdisciplinary instruction, research, and outreach on Africa. Florida is the only comprehensive National Resource Center located in the Southeastern United States.

University of Ghana - Institute of African Studies - http://www.ug.edu.gh/Templates/mainFrame_FacDept.htm

Established in 1961, it conducts fundamental research in areas of African Languages, history and culture, and runs interdisciplinary courses leading to MPhil and Ph.D. degrees in African Studies. The Institute also organizes introductory courses in African Studies for all Level 200 students in the undergraduate degree programme of the University. These courses, which cover two semesters, are compulsory. A pass in African Studies is required for the award of a bachelor's degree of the University. Orientation course are available for special admission students from other institutions and agencies. Interdisciplinary seminars and symposia are organized regularly. There is a Visual Arts Section with cultural exhibits for teaching and research. The Institute's library supplements the Africana collection of the Balme Library. Attached to the Institute is the Ghana Dance Ensemble - a resident professional dance company which was started in 1962 by the then Ghana Institute of Arts and Culture to link the University of Ghana with the national theater movement.

University of Georgia, African Studies Program - http://www.uga.edu/~afrstu/

The African studies program creates and disseminates knowledge and information about Africa, its people, geography, history, culture, language, economic development, agriculture, education and social structures. The basic goals of the Program include the teaching of study abroad and exchange Programs between African institutions and the University of Georgia.

University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Center for African Studies - http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/uiuc.html

Est. in 1970, the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois is one of the leading African studies programs in the U.S. It boasts an outstanding Africana library collection and a wide range of courses, including regular instruction in 6 African languages and an interdisciplinary Master of Arts degree program. The size and quality of its faculty is impressive, as is its outreach program. Over the years, mutually beneficial linkages have been established with numerous African universities and independent research institutions. The Center is also know for its dynamic extracurricular programming, including seminars, and conferences, as well as innovative, multidisciplinary research projects.

University of Iowa, African Studies Program  http://www.uiowa.edu/~intl/

The African Studies Program (ASP), a constituent program of the University of Iowa International Programs, was established in 1979 to promote the interdisciplinary study of Africa at The University of Iowa. It helps students gain a broader understanding of traditional and contemporary life in Africa and provides an environment of cooperation and collaboration among students and faculty that leads to increased opportunities for research and teaching.

University of Kansas, Africa & African-American Studies - http://www.ku.edu/~afs/

Peter Ukpokodu, Chair, Associate Professor, African & African-American Studies and Theatre & Film, University of Kansas, Office: 9 Bailey Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045. Phone Number: (785) 864-3054, E-mail: afs@ku.edu.

University of London: SOAS: The School of Oriental and African Studies -http://193.63.73.50:80/

SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies) is part of the Federal University of London and all of its degree courses are University of London programmes. It is Europe's leading center for the study of Asia and Africa and is located in Bloomsbury in the heart of London.

University of Michigan - Center for Afro-American & African Studies -http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/caas/

The Center for Afro-American and African Studies was established in 1970 in response to African American students who wanted to bring a richer representation of the Black experience into the University of Michigan's curricular offerings. The Center's multi- disciplinary and interdepartmental programs utilize historical, sociological, cultural, psychological, economic, and political approaches to the comparative study of people of African descent living in Africa and the Americas.

Université Montesquieu, (Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire) - http://www.cean.u-bordeaux.fr/

Fondé en 1958, le Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire (CEAN) est l'un des principaux centres de recherche internationaux pour l'analyse Des évolutions politiques en Afrique subsaharienne. Cette Unité Mixte de Recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) et de l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) de Bordeaux (Université Montesquieu) ESTégalement affiliée à la Fondation Nationale Des Sciences Politiques.

University of Mumbai (Bombay), India, Centre for African Studies - http://www.mu.ac.in/africanstudies/

The Centre for African studies is today one of the leading Area Studies Centres in India doing research and teaching . Initially it was established to conduct research on east African countries but in recent years the scope of the centers interests have expanded to include the entire African continent. The Centre has over the last 25 years published nearly a dozen books and held an equal number of national/international conferences. The Centre aims in Widening its academic linkages in the future. A beginning has been made in this regard by entering into exchange /cooperation agreements with several academic institutions in South Africa.

University of Oxford, Centre for the Study of African Economies - http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/

In 1991 The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) was made a Designated Research Centre of the Economic and Social Research Council, and has become one of the largest concentrations of academic economists and social scientists working on Africa outside the continent itself. Within economics at Oxford it is part of the Institute of Economics and Statistics under the Faculty of Social Studies at Oxford University. The center is located jointly at the Institute and St. Antony's College. The Centre produces The Journal of African Economies , published by Oxford University Press OUP), as well as its own members' Working Paper Series and White Papers (informal research papers).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, African & Afro-American Studies - http://www.unc.edu/depts/afriafam/afriafam.html

The aim of the Department is to enable students to examine the experiences of Afro-Americans and the cultures of Africa. The diversity of these experiences and cultures requires interdisciplinary study. Students are encouraged to emphasize one field of study, so that they will have a substantial disciplinary background from which to approach the varied materials of either curriculum.

University of Pennsylvania, African Studies - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html

The African Studies Center at Penn is an interdisciplinary program that offers undergraduate students an opportunity to explore the historic and cultural diversity of sub-Saharan African peoples. The major and minor courses of study provide an understanding of the dynamics of the continent's social, political and economic systems and insights into the profound impact of African societies on many countries in Europe, the Near East, and particularly North and South America and the Caribbean.

University of Texas at Austin, Center for African and African American Studies - http://www.utexas.edu/depts/caaas/

The Center for African and African American Studies was created in June 1969, in response to The University's African American community and its supporters who requested a program at The University of Texas at Austin that concentrated on the experiences and history of African Americans. While the program has always included study of Africa, the Center has expanded its focus to include more in- depth coverage of Africa and the African Diaspora throughout the world. The Center's multidisciplinary faculty teach, conduct research and publish widely on the culture, history and thought of Africa and its Diaspora. Students may earn the B.A. in African and African American Studies or take any of the Center's variety of courses to satisfy other major requirements.

University of Virginia, The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African
Studies - http://minerva.acc.Virginia.EDU/~woodson/

The Woodson Institute was established in 1981 in response to student and faculty demands for a more coherent Afro-American Studies program and a more aggressive program of minority recruitment. It is an interdisciplinary teaching and research center drawing the majority of its faculty and students from the humanities. The Institute administers the Afro-American African Studies (AAS) Program at the University of Virginia. In addition to AAS designated courses, the curriculum includes related courses offered by more than a dozen departments and programs

University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/asphome.html

The Program includes a broad range of disciplines in which students at the graduate and undergraduate levels may develop their study of Africa. The Program's interdisciplinary courses and faculty span some 27 departments in six colleges and schools (Letters and Science, Education, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Journalism, Music, and Law). The Department of African Languages and Literature is the only such department in the U.S. And provides the basic language tools needed for study about Africa. Courses on Africa are offered in the social sciences such as anthropology, agricultural economics, economics, geography, political science, and sociology. Courses are also offered in the humanities in African history, art history, literature, music, and in professional studies in curriculum and instruction, educational policy studies, forestry, music, journalism, law and business.

Warsaw University - http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/~afrykanistyka/

The Institute of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw was established in 1922. However, both the research and teaching on Africa did not developed until 1950. At that time, their initiator, Professor Stefan Strelcyn, became the head of the newly established Department of Semitic Studies. The program of studies include courses in Hebrew and Ethiopian Studies such as languages, history and history of literature. The Department has two Sections: Ethiopian (Amharic & Giiz) and African Studies. The latter is further subdivided into two specialization's: Hausa and Swahili Studies.

Washington University in St. Louis, African Studies http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/africa/index.html

Coordinator, African Studies, M. Priscilla StoneIn. Courses available in African Studies, Anthropology: Culture and Environment, Peoples and Cultures of Africa, Women of Sub-Saharan Africa. African and Afro-American Studies: Beginning Swahili, Introduction to African Studies, Intermediate Swahili, African Civilization to 1800, African Politics, Topics in African History. In 1997 Washington University of St. Louis inaugurated a one-month summer study program in East Africa, with students living in both Arusha (Tanzania) and Zanzibar. The program was highly successful, and is being offered again in 1998.

Yale University, African Studies Council - http://www.cis.yale.edu/ycias/african/

Yale Universities Council on African Studies services include: summer institutes, consultation with schools and businesses, professional development, Resource Collection Library, special events, faculty lecture series, speakers bureau, language training, educational visits to Africa, and library fellowships

African Studies Center at Michigan State University - http://www.africa.msu.edu/
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