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Meet Kevin Kelsey: Teach Africa Summer Institute

Friday April 4, 2025

Kevin Kelsey, an ESOL teacher at Gainesville High School and the current chair of the ESOL department. He participated in the K-12 Teach Africa Summer Institute, and his article is featured in the latest Teach Africa publication.

TEACH AFRICA 2024: TAKING AFRICA TO THE CLASSROOM

Thursday November 14, 2024

Each Summer, the Center for African Studies offers a virtual summer institute for K-12 teachers. The articles in this 2024 publication were produced by K-12 teachers who participated in the Center’s summer institutes of 2022 and 2023.

African & African American Studies Summer Camp

Wednesday July 10, 2024

The School Board of Alachua County, in conjunction with the University of Florida Center for African Studies and the African American Studies Program, hosted its first African and African American Studies Summer Camp.

UF’s Carter Conference examines Africa’s future

Friday April 5, 2024

CAS hosted its annual Gwendolen M. Carter Conference, uniting leading experts, scholars, students, and community members to address pressing issues facing Africa’s people and environments.

CAS Fall Outreach

Friday January 5, 2024

In the month of October, Dr. Agness Leslie, fulfilling her role as the CAS Outreach Director, collaborated with UF students and professors to coordinate community engagement presentations at Eastside High School. Noteworthy among these presentations was the enlightening discourse delivered by Nicole Senuku Khumo, a graduate student specializing in Sustainable Development Practice, expounding on Botswana’s […]

CAS Outreach: Crump Elementary School – Virtual Africa Day Celebration (Summer 2021)

Monday October 11, 2021

The Crump Elementary School in Memphis TN hosted a virtual Africa Day on May 25, 2021. Ms. Tanisha William- the organizer and teacher at Crumps elementary School is an alumnus of the Summer Teacher’s Institute on Africa African. Graduate Students were present for this awesome event. We had 11 African Graduate Students present. This was […]

CAS Outreach with Belay Alem

Monday March 22, 2021

Ancestral Lands in FL and the Home Sweet Home Project Belay Alem (Graduate Student, CAS & Anthropology) recently was accepted as a volunteer research associate in the Three Rivers Legal Service. He will be working on the Home Sweet Home Project, which assists African Americans in probate cases to maintain their property/ land or structure inherited […]

Virtual Speakers for Black History Month at Newberry Elementary School

Monday March 15, 2021

Newberry FL February 22- 26, 2021 The Assistant Principal of Newbery Elementary School invited the CAS graduate students to speak at their Black History Month (Week). They presented to students from Kindergarten to the 4th grade. The students were delighted to hear them speak. They interacted with the speakers and enjoyed their BHM week sessions. […]

Outreach at Crumps Elementary School

Monday March 15, 2021

With Oyindamola Oyebade Global Learning Series- Nigeria 02/25/2021 Oyindamola gave a presentation in Ms. Tanisha Williams’ class in Crumps Elementary School in Memphis, TN on February 27, 2021. She gave an overview of Nigeria and its cultural diversity and the beauty of the Yoruba culture. She also gave them an overview of Yoruba greetings, foods, […]

Felicity Tackey-Otoo Presents at Three Local Schools

Monday March 1, 2021

“The Cloth Talk: Meaning of Some Selected Wax Prints” Terwilliger Elementary School, Gainesville 2/3/2021 Irby Elementary School, Alachua 2/5/2021 Lake Forest Elementary School, Gainesville 2/11/2021 Felicity presented at these three elementary schools in February. She presented the history of wax print and the selected meanings. She also explained the meanings of the proverbs behind the […]

Nicole Harris named 2021 Alachua County Teacher of the Year

Monday February 22, 2021

Ms. Nicole Harris was awarded the Teacher of the Year for Alachua County. She was awarded the Teacher of the Year at Gainesville High School last year. She is an alumna of the Teacher’s Summer Institute hosted by the Center for African Studies. She is the curator, organizer, and program manager of the first African Diaspora History Fair at […]

CAS Community Outreach

Monday February 15, 2021

Graduate Student Maurine Andia Akifuma Presents at Idylwild Elementary School “The Role of Domesticated Animals in African Communities and the Lion King Movie,” by Maurine Andia Akifuma at ldylwild Elementary School, Gainesville 2/12/2021. Andia discussed with the students about the role and importance of domesticated animals among the people of African communities specifically the Swahili – not limited […]

Ms. Harris (GHS) Awarded Teacher of the Year

Monday November 16, 2020

Ms. Nicole Harris was awarded the Teacher of the Year at Gainesville High School. She is an alumna of the Teacher’s Summer Institute hosted by the Center for African Studies. She is the curator, organizer, and program manager of the first African Diaspora History Fair at Gainesville High School held in February 2020. Nicole A. Harris […]

Africa Museum Night: Beyond the Mask

Monday February 24, 2020

Africa Museum Night: Beyond the Mask On Thursday February 13, the Harn Museum of Art hosted Africa Museum Night: Beyond the Mask. The event provided attendees with the opportunity to make jewelry, try on kente cloth, visit various booths relating to African Studies, and view exhibitions inspired by artists from across Africa. The event also […]

Outreach Feature: Felicity and Ebenezer Tackey-Otoo

Monday November 13, 2017

Eastside High School Felicity Tackey-Otoo was at the Eastside High School on Thursday November 2, 2017 to give a presentation on traditional and modern dressing in Ghana during their History of Africa course. She used various traditional and modern Ghanaian clothing as examples for students. She talked about the kinds and types of clothes like […]