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African Studies Programs, by Geographical Region

 African Studies Programs, Research Centers, & Universities

Northeast United States
Mid-West United States
Southern United States
Western United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Eastern Europe & Russia
North Africa
West Africa
Eastern & Central Africa & the Indian Ocean Islands
Southern Africa
Australia, East & South Asia

Northeastern United States

Bard College -- African and African Diaspora Studies (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)

Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)

Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, Connecticut)

Columbia University, Institute of African Studies (New York, New York)

Cornell University - Africana Studies and Research Center (Ithaca, New York)

Cornell University -- Institute for African Development (Ithaca, New York)

Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) African and African-American Studies Program.

Five College African Studies Certificate Program: Consortium of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts--Amherst.

Harvard University--Committee on African Studies and the Department of African and African-American Studies (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Hunter College, The City University of New York Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, & Latino Studies (New York)

New York University, Africa House (New York)

Pennyslvania State University -- African and African American Studies (University Park, Pennsylvania)

Princeton University: African Studies ; Princeton in Africa Program ; and, African-American Studies (Princeton, New Jersey)

Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Suffolk University -- Dakar Campus (Boston, Massachusetts)

Temple University -- African American Studies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Tufts University -- Program on "Africa and the New World" -and- Feinstein International Center (Medford, Massachusetts)

University of Maryland, College Park (African Diaspora and African Studies)

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

University of Pittsburgh

Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)

Mid-Western United States

Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio

Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)

Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan)

Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)

Ohio State University, Columbus

Ohio University, Athens and The Institute for the African Child

University of Illinois, Chicago (African American & African Studies)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The University of Iowa, Iowa City

University of Kansas, African Studies Center -- African and African-American Studies (Lawrence, Kansas)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Center for Afroamerican and African studies)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (African American and African Studies)

University of Wisconsin, Madison (African Studies) and The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Land Tenure Center

Southern United States

Duke University, African & African-American Studies (Durham, North Carolina)

Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)

Howard University--African Studies Graduate Program -and- HU Home Page (Washington, DC)

Tulane University, African & African Diaspora Studies (New Orleans, Louisiana)

University of Florida, Gainesville

University of Georgia, Athens

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill--African Studies Center -and- Department of African and Afro-American Studies

University of South Florida, Tampa African diaspora and African studies

Western United States

American Institute for Maghrib Studies (via University of Arizona, Tucson)

California State University, Sacramento--Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution

Stanford University (Stanford, California)

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Texas, Arlington

Canada

University of Calgary, Canada

York University, Toronto, Canada

United Kingdom

Cambridge University, UK

Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, UK

Chatham House, London, UK (formerly The Royal Institute of International Affairs)

International African Institute, London, UK

Leeds University, UK

Oxford University -- African Studies Centre -and- Centre for the Study of African Economies (Oxford, UK)

SOAS: School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK (Centre of African Studies)

University of Edinburgh, UK

Western Europe

Africa Museum--Research Institute, Tervuren, Belgique

Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden, The Netherlands

Bayreuth University: Institut für Afrikastudien -- und -- Kulturwissenschaftliches Forschungskolleg (Bayreuth, Germany)

Bonn International Center for Conversion (Bonn, Germany)

Brussels Centre of African Studies, Belgium

Catholic University of Leuven -- Africa Research Centre, Belgium (Dept. of Social & Cultural Anthropology)

Centre d'Estudis Africans, Barcelona, Spain

Centre d'étude d'Afrique Noire, Université Montesquieu, Bordeaux, France

Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway (African, Southeast Asian, and Latin American studies)

Centro de Estudos Africanos, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lisboa, Portugal

Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Centro de Estudos sobre Africa e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Ténica de Lisboa, Portugal

Centro Studi Archeologia Africana, Milano, Italy

Centro Studi Politica Internazionale (CeSPI), Roma, Italy

Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway (African and South Asian Studies)

L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales -- Centre d'études africaines (Paris, France)

L'Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) (Paris, France)

German Institute of Global and Area Studies -- Institut für Afrika-Kunde (Hamburg, Germany)

Ghent University, Belgium (African Languages & Cultures)

Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos e Internacionais -- Programa Africa, Lisboa, Portugal

Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente, Milano e Roma, Italy

Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli, Italy (Central, North, & Northeast Africa, Middle East, and Asian Studies)

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für Afrikanische Sprachwissenschaften (Frankfurt, Germany)

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrika-Studien (Germany)

KIT: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen = Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Africa, Latin America, and Asia)

Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden

Universidade do Porto, Portugal: Centro de Estudos Africanos

Universitat de Barcelona: Centre d'Estudis Africains (Barcelona, Spain)

Universität Bielefeld, Transnationalisation and Development Research Centre (Bielefeld, Germany) (African, Latin American, and Asian studies)

Universität Hamburg, Institut für Afrikanistik und Äthiopistik (Germany)

Universität zu Köln, Institut für Afrikanistik (Cologne, Germany)

Universität Leipzig, Institut für Afrikanistik (Germany)

Universität München, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikanistik (Munich, Germany)

Universität Wien, Institut für Afrikanistik (Vienna, Austria)

Université de Genève, Suisse, Département d'Anthropologie & d'Ecologie (Geneva, Switzerland)

Université Montesqieu, Bordeaux, France

Université Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne -- Mutations africaines dans la longue durée Paris I (France)

Université Dénis Diderot de Paris -- Laboratoire SEDET (Société en développement dans l'espace et dans le temps) Paris VII (France)

Université de Provence, L'Institut d'Etudes Africaines (Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme, Aix-en-Provence, France)

University of Leiden, The Netherlands

University of Oslo, Norway (African, Southeast Asian, and Latin American studies)

Eastern Europe & Russia

Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for African Studies, Moscow

North Africa

Alakhawayn University, Ifrane, Maroc

American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo

American University in Cairo, Egypt

Cairo Demographic Center, Egypt

CEDEJ -- Centre d'études et de documentations économiques, juridiques et sociales (Caire, Egypte)

CEMAT: Center for Maghrib Studies in Tunis, Tunisia (via University of Texas, Austin)

CRASC: Centre de Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle, Oran, Algérie

CREAD: Centre de Recherches en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement, El Hamadia, Bouzareah, Algérie

La Fondation du Roi Abdul Aziz Al Saoud pour les Etudes Islamiques et les Sciences Humaines, Casablanca, Maroc

L'Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain, Tunis, Tunisie

Misr University for Science & Technology, 6th of October City, Egypt

Tangier American Legation Museum and Research Center in Morocco (TALM)

Université Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algérie

Université d'Alger, Algérie

Université Amar Télidji Laghouat, Algérie

Université de Batna, Algérie

Université de Béjaia, Algérie

Université de Blida, Algérie

Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Maroc

Université Chouaib Doukkali, El Jadida, Maroc

Université Djillali Liabès University, Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algérie

Université Hassan I, Settat, Maroc

Université Hassan II, Aïn-Chok, Casablanca, Maroc

Université Hassan II, Mohammedia, Casablanca, Maroc

Université Mentouri Constantine, Algérie

Université Mohammed V--Agdal, Rabat, Maroc -et- Faculté des Sciences de Rabat

Université Mohammed V--Souissi, Rabat, Maroc -et- Institut des Etudes Africaines

Université de Mostaganem, Algérie

Université d'Oran des Sciences et de la Technologie, Algérie

Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, Alger, Algérie

Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès, Maroc

Université ibn ToFail, Kénitra, Maroc

Université ibn Zohr, Agadir, Maroc

University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya

West Africa

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Ashesi University, Accra, Ghana

Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria (via KanoOnline.Com)

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa = Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique, Dakar, Sénégal

Cuttington University College, The Episcopal Church of Liberia, Monrovia

L'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire à l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

L'Institut Supérieur de Management, Dakar, Sénégal

LASDEL--Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local, Niamey, Niger

Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Universidade Amílcar Cabral, Bissau, Guiné-Bissau

Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger

Université de Bamako, Mali

Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (via Lycos, France)

Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Sénégal

Université de Lomé, Togo

Université de Nouakchott, Mauritania

Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Université de Ziguinchor, Sénégal

University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

University of The Gambia (Serrekunda, The Gambia)

University of Ghana, Legon

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

University of Jos, Nigeria

University of Lagos, Nigeria

University of Liberia, Monrovia

University of Maiduguri, Nigeria

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

University of Port Harcourt

West African Research Center/Centre de Recherche Ouest-Africaine, Dakar, Senegal

Eastern and Central Africa; and the Indian Ocean Islands

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa University--Faculty of Technology (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

African Population & Health Research Center, Inc. (Nairobi, Kenya)

Amoud University, Awdal, Somaliland

Busoga University, Iganga, Uganda

Central Buganda University (Kanoni-Gomba, Mpigi, Uganda)

Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, Uganda

East African School of Library & Information Science, Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda)

Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ; via Kabissa, Washington, DC and London, UK)

Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia formerly Alemaya University of Agriculture

Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University

Institute of Kiswahili Studies = Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (Nairobi, Kenya)

Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Kampala International University, Uganda--Contact Information Only (via EnterUganda.Com, New Vision Printing and Publishing Corporation, Kampala, Uganda)

Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Makerere University Institute of Social Research (Kampala, Uganda)

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Kakamega, Kenya)

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Mbarara, Uganda)

Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

National University of Rwanda, Butare

Nkumba University, Entebbe, Uganda

Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza

Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Uganda Christian University, The Church of the Province of Uganda (Mukono, Uganda)

Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala

United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya

Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar (via Madagascar Contact, Refer)

Université de Dschang, Cameroun

Université de Fianarantsoa, Madagascar (via Madagascar Contact, Refer)

Université de Mahajanga, Madagascar (via Madagascar Contact, Refer)

Université Nord Madagascar, Antsiranana, Madagascar (via Madagascar Contact, Refer)

Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon

Université de la Réunion (Saint-Dénis, Réunion ; France)

Université de Toamasina, Madagascar (via Madagascar Contact, Refer)

Université de Toliara, Madagascar (via Madagascar Contact, Refer)

Université de Yaoundé I (Yaoundé, Cameroun)

Université de Yaoundé II (Yaoundé, Cameroun)

University of Asmara, Eritrea

University of Dodoma, Tanzania

University of Gondar, Ethiopia

University of Hargeisa, Somaliland

University of Khartoum, Sudan (via Sudan.Net)

University of Mauritius, Réduit

University of Nairobi, Kenya

University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Southern Africa

Africa Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe

African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, Gaborone

CASAS -- Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (Cape Town, South Africa)

Centre for Policy Studies (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa

Institute for Public Policy Research, Windhoek, Namibia

Institute for Security Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa

Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU), Windhoek, Namibia

National University of Lesotho, Roma

National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

SAIIA: South African Institute of International Affairs (Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa)

SAPES Trust--Southern Africa Political Economy Series, Harare, Zimbabwe

Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola

Universidade Católica de Angola (Luanda, Angola)

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Moçambique

Universidade Independente de Angola (Luanda, Angola)

University of Botswana, Gaborone

University of Cape Town, South Africa

University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa

University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

University of Johannesburg, South Africa

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

University of Limpopo, Sovenga and Gauteng, South Africa

University of Malawi, Zomba

University of Namibia, Windhoek

University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

University of Pretoria, South Africa

University of South Africa, Pretoria

University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

University of Swaziland, Mbabane

University of Venda for Science and Technology, Limpopo Province, South Africa

University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

University of Zambia, Lusaka

University of Zimbabwe, Harare

Walter Sisulu University for Science and Technology (Eastern Cape, South Africa)

Zimbabwe Open University (Harare)

Australia, East & South Asia

Kyoto University, Japan

Monash University of Australia -- South Africa Campus (Ruimsig, South Africa)

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.

University of Delhi, India

University of Mumbai, India