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Center for African Studies at the University of Florida

Center for African Studies at the University of Florida

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The Center for African Studies is in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Florida.

08/19/2026

AFRIGANZA'26 🌍️ Recap 2/3

Listen in as CAS Ambassador Gabriella presents on the culture and fashion of West Africa, Dr. Kole Odutola teaches some Yoruba, and CAS Ambassador Kelsey introduces a Central African mosaic activity!

Thanks for coming out, see y'all at next year's ✨️AFRIGANZA✨️

08/10/2026

Wake up at dawn. Four hours of class. Conversation partners. Repeat five days a week, for eight weeks. 🇸🇳

She calls the AFLI experience intensive and worth every early morning. Her favorite part of the whole program? Still ahead of her: meeting her host family in Senegal.

Photos from Center for African Studies at the University of Florida's post 07/22/2026

Study abroad in Cape Town this winter! Explore education, culture, and social change through hands-on literacy engagement, cultural exchange, and collaboration with South African students, educators, and children. Experience Cape Town’s history and beauty while visiting places like Table Mountain, Robben Island, the Langa community, and more.
Open to eligible sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students of all majors.
Program dates: December 9–23, 2026. Apply by August 28, 2026.

07/09/2026

Dig into Africa's past. 🏺🌍
From early human history to the kingdoms of Great Zimbabwe and the Swahili Coast, AFS 3930/ ANT 3146: Introduction to African Archaeology explores the people, innovations, and cultures that shaped the continent.

Need assistance registering? Contact [email protected]

07/06/2026

Digital Africa, examining how digital technology is reshaping life, power, and identity: mobile money systems that leapfrogged traditional banking, social media movements that challenged governments, the expansion of state surveillance, and the digital labor powering global platform economies.
Drawing on anthropology, media studies, and African studies scholarship, students critically examine how Africans are shaping, resisting, and reimagining digital futures on their own terms.

Register: AFS4935/AFS6905
Issues registering? Email: [email protected]

06/29/2026

What's actually happening in Africa right now? Not the documentary version.
This course puts you inside contemporary African culture: the music people are streaming, the films they're making, the activism unfolding online, the mobile currencies reshaping economies, and the personalities leading the way.
AFS 4930- AFRICA TODAY

Photos from Center for African Studies at the University of Florida's post 06/26/2026

THIS FALL 2026. Saharan Imaginaries explores how the Sahara has been imagined by outsiders vs. lived by those who call it home. Experiential, project-based, and open to everyone.⁠
Register: SSA 4930 (undergrad) / AFS 6905 (grad) · Tue 5–6 & Thu 6 · ⁠
https://africa.ufl.edu/academics-programs/course-syllabi/

06/12/2026

AFRIGANZA'26 🌍 Recap 1/3

Listen in as CAS Ambassador Adam presents on the culture and geography of Madagascar, and Ambassadors Brenna and Rebekkah present on language and UF opportunities in East Africa!

Thanks for coming out, see y'all at next year's ✨AFRIGANZA✨

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Gainesville, FL
32611