African Studies Center, Boston University

Join us, in person at 232 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215 —- or online for our upcoming Rodney Seminar with Chiharu Kamimura, Monday 09/22 from 12:30pm - 2:00pm. As she discusses “Food and The Making of Christian Life in Rural Ethiopia: From Grains to Gatherings”

Register for online attendance: https://tinyurl.com/Rodney-Fall-2025

Join us, in person at 232 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215 —- or online for our upcoming Rodney Seminar with Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, Monday 4/14 from 12:30pm - 2:00pm. As she discusses “Steve Biko Revisited.”

Register for online attendance:
https://tinyurl.com/WRodneyS25

The African Studies Center fosters excellence in research and education about Africa, offering students and scholars opportunities to engage in rigorous academic study, learn African languages, and participate in diverse programming beyond the classroom. Please support the African Studies Center on this Giving day!

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The African Studies Center is holding an info session for students interested in learning more about FLAS fellowships for the coming 2025-26 academic year. Stop by the ASC room 505 at 232 Bay State Road, Monday November 18th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM to learn more about how you can get involved! You can also attend the session virtually via zoom with the link below!

https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrc-CrrjsvGdA_MbWpPGU7gMry_KaxLpKq

Join us, in person at 232 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215 — or online for our upcoming Rodney seminar with Dr. Nana Kesse on Monday 12/2 as he dwelves into the topic of “Why Live on Water?: Historical Lessons from a West African Stilt-House Community, Nzulezo”. 
 
Register for online attendance: https://tinyurl.com/WRODNEYF24

Join us online or in person on November 6th to hear from David Glovsky in his seminar, titled “Debating the Nation-State: Mobility and the Questioning of National Sacrifice in Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, 1958-1974”. 232 Bay State Rd, Room 505, or for online attendance, register here: https://tinyurl.com/RODNEYF23

Join us online or in person on October 30th to discuss about inclusive transitional justice: subverting inefficiency and non-implementation in Gambia’s truth commission process with Professor Baba Jallow. 232 Bay State Rd, Room 505, or for online attendance, register here: https://tinyurl.com/RODNEYF23

Join us online or in person on October 23 to discuss about Kumase, the capital city of trees: urban design and planning in West Africa, 1650-1874 with Tony Yeboah. 232 Bay State Rd, Room 505, or for online attendance, register here: https://tinyurl.com/RODNEYF23

We got to 50 and now we're just one donor short of third place on the leader board! Be the donor to bump us up: https://givingday.bu.edu/campaigns/african-studies-center

👀👀👀 Who will be donor 50?? Thank you to all those who are given today! We are so grateful for your support! We're almost at our goal of 61 donors. Donation link on bio!

We are not far behind the number of donors in the Pardee School's general fund! help us catch up! Donate $1 here: https://givingday.bu.edu/pages/frederick-s-pardee-school-of-global-studies

Latin American Studies, Boston University is hosting a talk by Ph.D. candidate Natália Alves da Silva, titled "Afrodiasporic Cities: Spacial Histories of Race and City in Belo Horizonte" on April 21st at 2 p.m. Link to register here: https://bit.ly/3xIKBut