The Harvard University Center for African Studies Africa Office is recruiting to fill the Administrative and Program Assistant position in its Johannesburg-based office. The incumbent is required to be resident in Johannesburg. This is a full-time position with the...

As the academic year draws to a close, so too does my time as Interim Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Harvard Center for African Studies. Despite the challenges we have all faced through the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been an honor to serve in this capacity, and I remain as positive and enthusiastic as ever about African Studies at Harvard. While the university may have been remote, CAS remained fully operational to our commitment that Africa matters at Harvard. Thanks to the CAS Executive Committee...

In lieu of the Center’s regular Summer Travel Grants, CAS has offered funding for remote Africa-related internships and independent research projects for Summer 2021. It is with great pleasure that the Harvard Center for African Studies shares the following students who have received support to pursue virtual internships and research projects over the summer.

Summer Internship

• Char Deslandes (College ’22) - UNDP South Africa Communications and Knowledge Management Internship
  ...

On May 19, 2021, Professor Daniel Agbiboa, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies  and CAS Faculty Affiliate, wrote on the news of the sudden death of Chadian President Idris Déby Itno on April 20, 2021.

Read more here: https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/life-after-idris-deby-quo-vadis-chad/

On May 19, 2021, Professor Daniel Agbiboa, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies  and CAS Faculty Affiliate, wrote on the...