Link collection - A Guide to Africa on the Internet

Research institutes, universities and organizations > Non-Nordic > North America

• African Studies Center (ASC), Boston University

  Offers teaching, research, publications, African language instruction, and public outreach on Africa.

  
  http://www.bu.edu/

• African Studies Center, UCLA

  African studies at University of California, Los Angeles, USA. 

  
  http://www.international.ucla.edu/

• Institute of African Studies (IAS), Columbia University

  Specializes in African history, politics, political economy, anthropology, art and culture, literature, health, law, education, public policy, development economics, and related fields. Located at Columbia University, New York City.  

  
  http://www.ias.columbia.edu/

• African Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)

  Promotes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Africa and is a part of the International Area Studies Program. 

  
  http://www.ccsu.edu/

• Center for African Studies (CAS), University of Florida

  Teaching and research on Africa in all the disciplines at the University of Florida, USA.

  
  http://web.africa.ufl.edu/

• Committee on African Studies, Harvard University

  An interdisciplinary group of scholars that coordinates teaching and research and advances knowledge and understanding of Africa within the University.

  
  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/

• International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa

  A Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

  
  http://www.idrc.ca/

• The Center for African Studies, University of Illinois

  Offers interdisciplinary studies in Africa, as well as studies of African languages. Located at Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

  
  http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/

• African Studies Program, Indiana University

  Offers an African language program in Arabic, Hausa, Swahili, Twi, and Xhosa, interdisciplinary training, and Africana resources.

  
  http://www.indiana.edu/

• The African & African-American Studies, University of Kansas

  Studies in African and African-American history, culture and life in general incl. languages.

  
  http://www2.ku.edu/

• The African Studies Center, Michigan State University

  Research, teaching, and service on Africa and in African languages. Focuses on poverty alleviation, food security, education for development, environment, tropical disease, ethics of development, and gender equity.

  
  http://africa.msu.edu/

• The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS)

  An interdisciplinary program of research, instruction, and community outreach. Its intellectual focus and mission is to reflect on and participate in determining emerging directions in the study and representation of the diverse cultures, experiences and societies of Africans and peoples of African descent across the African continent and diaspora. 

  
  http://www.lsa.umich.edu/

• The Program of African Studies (PAS), Northwestern University

  Focuses on issues as Islam and HIV/AIDS. Promotes research, training and institution building in areas as private sector growth, democracy, governance and the rule of law, and peace building in Africa.

  
  http://www.northwestern.edu/

• African-American and African Studies (AAAS), Ohio State University

  A multidisciplinary curricula includes courses in literature, music, history, psychology, sociology, political science, community development and African languages.

  
  http://aaas.osu.edu/

• African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

  Coordinates courses and events in a variety of disciplines ranging from history, language and culture to health, science and business.

  
  http://www.africa.upenn.edu/

• Center for African Studies, Stanford University

  African studies in areas as anthropology, art and history, economics, education, engineering, law, political science and African languages. 

  
  http://ica.stanford.edu/

• Center for African and African American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

  Focus on the cultural, sociopolitical, economic, and historical experiences of Africans and their descendents.

  
  http://www.utexas.edu/

• African and African Diaspora Studies, Tulane University

  Interdisciplinary studies and research, in Africa as well in African languages and diaspora at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.

  
  http://www.tulane.edu/

• The African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Coordinates multidisciplinary studies and research on Africa and in African languages at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

  
  http://africa.wisc.edu/

• IRIS Center at the University of Maryland

  A research center at the University of Maryland, the Department of Economics, which focuses on economic growth and democratic development in poor and transition countries, focusing on the role of institutions — the formal and informal rules by which individuals organize economic, political, and social activity. http://www.iris.umd.edu/

  

• The North-South Institute (NSI), Canada

  A non-governmental and non-partisan research institute in Canada, focused on international development; eradicating global poverty and enhancing social justice through research which promotes international cooperation, democratic governance, and conflict prevention. (In English/French)

  
  http://www.nsi-ins.ca/

• Center for African Studies, UC Berkeley

  African studies at University of California at Berkeley, USA.

  
  http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/

• African Studies Center - Michigan State University (MSU)

  African Studies Center at Michigan State University offers different Africa-related courses.

  
  http://africa.isp.msu.edu/

• Middle Eastern and African Studies. University of Alberta, Canada

  MEAS  incorporates courses from a wide range of disciplines that deal with the geographical regions of the Middle East and Africa, and/or address issues relevant to their peoples and cultures.

  
  http://www.ois.ualberta.ca/