Join Spring 2025 International Model African Union Conference, Washington DC - INFO SESSION on November 20 @ Coble Hall Room 306 12:00 -1:00 PM All UIUC undergraduate students are welcome For more information contact Vieux Toure: toure2@...

The 2024 Timbuktu Talks series continues with a compelling lecture titled "Between Progress and Regression: The Arabo-Islamic Instructor in the Senegalese Countryside." The talk will be delivered by Prof. Djim Dramé of the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire at Université Cheikh Anta Diop...

The Center for African Studies invites everyone to an exciting end-of-semester celebration on December 10 at 4:00 PM at the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (BNAACC), located at 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL. This event promises a vibrant showcase of Swahili and Wolof cultures...

Apply for the Morocco Travel Grant JUNE 16 - 30, 2025 Program Details: https://geeo.org/tour/morocco-uillinois/ Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUFGB7TXo0ubZFsCZ07WKchlocmyBR55DK3O48YtqfF_3wRQ/viewform ALL K-16 EDUCATORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR THIS EXCITING...

Please join the Humane Urbanisms Project collab including Ken Salo & Faranak Miraftab - Urban and Regional Planning UIUC  Janine Lange & Siviwe Madoda - Tshishimani Center for Activist Education, Cape Town, South Africa Greg Ruiters & Fundiswa Khaile - School of Government at...

October 29 - 30 International Speakers from Iraq, Tunisia, USA, Mauritania and Egypt. Conversations on cultures, heritage, and histories with: Dr. Thawrah Yosif Dr. Amir Al-Azraki Dr. Maha Abdelhamid Anthony Karakh Browder Dr. Monica Hanna Dr. Khaled Esseissah This...

  Speaker: Emilie Songolo (MIT Libraries) African commemorative textiles are a social leveler that adds considerably to the knowledge ecosystem, conveying information through graphics, cultural symbols, and text. They also embody communities often excluded from traditionally published...

In 1879, Sayyid Barghash of Zanzibar sent an expedition to explore a route from Mozambique to Lake Nyasa, led in part by Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Amawi. Al-Amawi, a prominent Sufi scholar and judge, chronicled the journey, providing a rare, non-European perspective on...

Join Spring 2025 International Model African Union Conference, Washington DC - INFO SESSION on November 20 @ Coble Hall Room 306 12:00 -1:00 PM All UIUC undergraduate students are welcome For more information contact Vieux Toure: toure2@...

Dear CAS Friends and Affiliates: After a busy Fall semester of 2024, CAS is looking ahead to spring 2025! We invite you to send us your idea for a Brown Bag talk. They occur in a semi-formal and supportive setting where speakers share Africa-related research and projects with faculty, students,...