Welcome to the Center for African Studies

Berkeley's Center for African Studies was established in 1979 as an interdisciplinary research center to support basic research and training of scholars. In 2010, we celebrated our 10th year as an Organized Research Unit on the Berkeley campus. The Center supports scholarly activities over a broad range of topics that address contemporary African issues and works closely with several teaching units including African American Studies and the International and Area Studies Teaching Program. Through language study, fellowships, seminars, and curriculum development, the Center provides opportunities for students majoring in traditionally defined fields to develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary program in African Studies.

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NEWS

** 2011 Melville J. Herskovits Book Award was awarded to G. Ugo Nwokeji, Professor of African American Studies, UC Berkeley **

Awarded by the African Studies Association (ASA) and given to the author of an outstanding original book published on Africa in the previous year, the Herskovits Award is considered to be the premier book prize for non-fiction in African Studies worldwide.

• "Climate change blamed for dead trees in Africa," news feature on research by Patrick Gonzalez, UC Berkeley Alum, Rocca Award Recipient and former UC Berkeley Visiting Scholar (from the Berkeley News Center).
• NOTE: updated Rocca and Ezera Fellowship award deadlines updated to 2 April 2012.
• African Languages for Spring 2012 - Chichewa, Wolof, Swahili.
• UC Multicampus Research Group on Africa

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