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The Center for African Studies supports scholarly activities over a broad range of topics that addre

The Berkeley's Center for African Studies was established in 1979 as an interdisciplinary research center to support basic research and training of scholars. An Organized Research Unit on the Berkeley campus since 2000, we work closely with the Department of African American Studies, particularly on our language program, as well as with many other units on campus. The Center supports scholarly act

ivities over a broad range of topics that address contemporary African issues. The Center provides fellowship opportunities for students majoring in traditionally defined fields to develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary program in African Studies. We also organize public events to complement the curriculum and research on campus. The Center is one of eight National Resource Centers at Berkeley funded through the US Department of Education's Title VI programs. Over 80 faculty members from 30 departments and 7 colleges and professional schools at Berkeley bring a broad range of scholarly resources to diverse initiatives centering on Africa. CAS is also one of the primary centers for research and scholarship on Africa in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the University of California's systemwide Multi-Campus Research Group (MRG) on Africa, and throughout the Northwestern United States. Over the years, the Center has worked particularly closely with The Center collaborates with other institutions of higher learning, including the Center for African Studies at Stanford University on library collections, language instruction and pedagogy, and outreach. The Center attracts scholars and students from around the globe in disciplines ranging from the humanities to engineering, bridging boundaries and forging new approaches to current scholarship, policy and practice. We engage these efforts through inter and intra-university, national, multinational, and cross-regional dialogues. We encourage you to become involved by subscribing to our listservs, attending our events.

02/12/2026

Join us next week, Tuesday, February 17, 2026, in person at 340 Stephens hall and online via Zoom with Professor Moses Khisa, who will be discussing "The 2026 Elections and Deepening Autocracy in Uganda."

02/04/2026

Less than one week left to join us at our annual lecture, next Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 4:30 pm at Alumni House, UC Berkeley. The address "Africa's Ill-fitting Imperial Clothes" will be given by legendary South African activist, medical doctor, academic, businesswoman and global thought leader, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele.

Just a reminder, in less than three weeks, we will be hosting Dr. Mamphela Ramphele for our Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and UC Berkeley Center for African Studies Annual Lecture. Registration is required for the event, don't forget to RSVP.

01/24/2026

01/13/2026

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mamphela Ramphele will deliver our annual lecture, "Africa's Ill-Fitting Imperial Clothes," on February 10, 2026, at Alumni House, UC Berkeley.

12/13/2025

Would you be interested in something to do this weekend? Check out the fabulous Soweto Gospel Choir of South Africa. They will be here in Berkeley on Sunday, December 14, at Zellerbach Hall here in Berkeley, California.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

12/03/2025

Please join us in person or on zoom next Thursday, December 11th for our last Faculty Hour of the year with Professors emeriti Gillian Hart & Michael J. Watts for two very important and interesting discussions on global issues through the lens of the African continent "South Africa and the Israel/Palestine Question: The Political Stakes" and Bloom or Gloom: Revisiting African Oil States.

12/02/2025

Looking forward to seeing you at our last series event of the year with Veronarindra & Sekou on Thursday, December 4th!

Topic: CAS Work-in-Progress Series with Veronarindra Ramananjato and Sekou Jabateh

Time: Dec 4, 2025 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/96133770368?pwd=YXgq14kRzKXLqkmG2DMtdmvAfue8qE.1

Meeting ID: 961 3377 0368
Passcode: 873691

Interested in learning more about Africa and various topics? The Progress Series stimulates informal cross-disciplinary convos between graduate, faculty, and other campus Africanists. Join us for our last Work-In Progress Series discussion of the year at 1:10 pm PST on December 4th for our Work-in-Progress series, featuring recipients Veronarindra Ramananjatom who will present "Mini-stories about tiny " and Sekou Jabateh who will speak on "Designing Memory for Peace: Experimental Evidence on Memorialization and Reconciliation in and ."

11/26/2025

08/19/2025

Please join us for “In Praise of Roving Bandits: State Failure as an Achievement in Central Africa,” a lecture by Peer Schouten. Light refreshments will be served!

03/17/2025

Big Thanks to you and to our collaborators the Haas Berkeley Africa Club! We raised $1,565 on March 13 to support student initiated activities and to bring more African-based scholars to Berkeley.

02/11/2025

Save the date!

teaching pumflet: reflections on a syllabus for freedom

A lecture by Ilze Wolff

Ilze Wolff is an architect, a scholar, and a writer who co-directs Wolff Architects, a practice concerned with an architecture of consequence. She is the founder of the publication and research platform pumflet: art, architecture, stuff, which focuses on the Black social and spatial imaginaries. Wolff has a passion for spatial practice and its potential as a site for emancipatory practices of care, embedded research, and prophetic organization.

Thursday, February 27th 4-6 PM
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler

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Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

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http://africa.berkeley.edu/

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