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Dr. Megan Quimper in Liberia
Last April, Dr. Megan Quimper was part of a physician leadership team traveling to Liberia to assess the feasibility of establishing a…
Ohio State welcomed an Angolan government delegation to campus on April 10, 2026 at the Wampler Family Conference Room in the Kunz-Brundige Franklin County Extension Building. João Ernesto dos…
Center for African Studies Renaissance 2026
Established by the Center for African Studies, the Renaissance Fund augments the Center’s vitality. Income will be allocated by the Director of…
Study is first genome-scale analysis of iconic umbrella acacia
Emily Caldwell
Ohio State News
Young umbrella acacia trees in Africa survive severe drought by…
CAS held its second Africa @ Noon lecture of the new academic year on Wednesday, October 29. Abraham Toluwase Owodunni, is a foreign student from Nigeria undergoing his PhD matriculation…
On Saturday, October 11, CAS was the honored guest at Ohio University’s Africa Night organized by members of OU’s student body. As the guests of honor, CAS’ director (Dr. Ousman Kobo), and…
CAS jointly hosted King Tackie Teiki Tsuru II, King of the Ga Peoples of Accra (Ga Mantse), with the City of Columbus and the Wexner Center for the Arts on August 1st. The Ga Mantse was in…
In July, the Center of African Studies took part in the annual Columbus African Festival held in Genoa Park. The Center partnered with African Studies at Ohio University, Kent State Center for…
In May, Ohio State and the Center for African Studies hosted a delegation of ministers from Ghana to discuss future collaborations and strengthen the Columbus-Accra sister-city relationship…
On May 22, the City of Columbus hosted its 3rd Annual Columbus Africa Day celebration. Africa Day salutes the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. In 2002, the OAU was…
Janet I. Lewis will present "Harnessing Networks to Counter Anti-Refugee Rumors: A Field Experiment in Uganda."
Sharing and vetting uncertain information about out-groups…
This year, CAS hosted the Association for African Studies Programs (AASP) annual meeting on the campus of The Ohio State University. The meeting lasted two days from March 12 to 13. The venue was the…
At our Mershon Monday event on March 3, Dr. Jacien Carr presented his research on the Poro (men’s power associations) history, folklore, and warfare during the First Liberian Civil War (FLCW) from…
A statement from CAS Director Dr. Ousman Kobo on the passing of former Director Dr. Robert Agunga:
In Memorial Professor Robert Agunga It is with a heavy…
22 February 2025
CAS, in collaboration with CIBER (Dominic DiCamillo and Emily Salopeck), hosted the first of several CAS-CIBER Africa seminars to train U.S. Army Civil Affairs soldiers from…
20 November, 2024
CAS, Rita Koryan, and Maureen Miller hosted Ohio State House Representative Ismail Mohamed (District 3) to speak about his journey from Somalia to Columbus, and to the Ohio…
15 November 2024
The September 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation turned the world’s attention to the strategic connections between China and African nations. This forum, which was held…
22 January 2025
On January 22, CAS held its first 2025 Africa at Noon lecture featuring Dr. Thelela Ngcetane-Vika at the Hale Black Cultural Center. Her lecture was entitled “The…
In this episode of Buckeyes Abroadcasts, we hear from Ousman Kobo and Jacien Carr from the Center for African Studies (CAS). The mission of the Center for African Studies is to disseminate…
Please take a look at "Congolese Rumba: Soundtrack to African Political Struggle" in Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective. Origins revisits and unfolds…
On 9 October, CAS hosted Liberian Senator Dabah M. Varpilah of Grand Cape Mount Country. Senator Varpilah was in Columbus visiting members of the Liberian community when she…
Further strengthening our partnership, CAS hosted Ohio University’s African Studies Program (ASP) and Center for International Studies (CIS) for a full day of meetings and activities aimed at…
Jack Fernandes, a 4th year Ph.D. candidate, conducted research in Malawi last July measuring the relationship between disaster management, politics, and the challenges facing a variety of actors…
EMPOWERING CHANGE: RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT IN MALAWI
Twelve Ohio State undergraduates studied abroad in Malawi this summer as part of the Global…
Please Join CAS in Congratulating Dr. Amanda Robinson!
Amanda Lea Robinson (Associate Professor of Political Science) has been appointed as the co-editor of
CAS Participation in Diplomacy Lab
On 4 March 2024, CAS submitted a proposal to conduct research and provide a policy paper for the US Department of State’s…
CAS & GOHi Delegation to Ghana
Center for Africa Studies and Global One Health Initiative (GOHi) have united to expand the Global One Health Initiative to West Africa. Ghana…
CAS participated in the annual Columbus African Festival (CAF) at Genoa Park. The festival which took place from July 27 to 28 is a celebration of Africa in Ohio. CAF is an excellent venue to not…
On July 10, CAS met with Simona Vaclavikova, the civilian chief of staff to General John Harris of the Ohio National Guard (ONG). The purpose of her visit was to propose a partnership with CAS…
On June 4, CAS hosted a working lunch with Dr. Thelela Ngcetane-Vika from the University of the Witwatersrand located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Ngcetane-Vika specializes in corporate…
On June 20, CAS was hosted by Ohio University’s African Studies Program (ASP) and Center for International Studies (CIS) for a full day of discussions aimed at restoring ASP-CAS-CIS partnership. …
Columbus is home to immigrants from fifty African countries. For city reporting demographic purposes, members of the same immigrant community are counted as country when their population reaches…
CAS Africa at Noon will provide a monthly platform for Africanist faculties, graduate students, and staff from all disciplines to share their research and receive…
April 5th of this year signaled the return of the Owomoyela lecture series after a hiatus of several years due to the covid epidemic and staff transitions within the Center for African Studies. Dr…
Dear Africanist Colleagues and Friends,
The staff at the Center for African Studies is thrilled to welcome you back to campus. We are looking forward to an active 2023/24 academic…
This semester marks the launch of a series of African affairs-oriented events at Mershon. With support from the Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme on ‘Archival Imaginations’, two seminars…