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AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAMS and UNIVERSITIES, BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION

Northeast United States
Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States
Mid-West 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
Latin America
Australia, East & South Asia
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Northeastern United States

Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (Five College African Studies Program)
Bard College -- African and African Diaspora Studies (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)
Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
Brown University -- Africana Studies (Providence, Rhode Island)
Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, Connecticut)
Columbia University, Institute of African Studies -and- the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (New York)
--See also: Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies ; Institute for Research in African American Studies ; Barnard College, Department of Africana Studies ; plus, Global Centers--Nairobi, Kenya and Tunis, Tunisia
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.
Hampshire College, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Five College African Studies Program)
Harvard University--Center for African Studies, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, 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)
Lafayette College--Africana Studies (Easton, Pennsylvania)
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts (Five College African Studies Program)
New York University, Africa House and Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (New York)
Pennyslvania State University--African Studies -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)
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (Five College African Studies Program)
Temple University -- Africology and African American Studies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Tufts University -- Africana Studies ; Feinstein International Center -and- The Fletcher School (Medford, Massachusetts)
University of Maryland, College Park (African Diaspora and African Studies)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts (Five College African Studies Program)
University of Pennsylvania--Africana Studies (Philadelphia) As of July 2015, includes "African studies"
University of Pittsburgh
Williams College -- International Studies-African -and- Africana Studies (Williamstown, Massachusetts)
Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)

Mid-Western United States

Central State University--Africana studies (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 Chicago, Illinois
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 -- African Studies Center -and- Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (African American and African Studies)
University of Notre Dame -- Africana Studies (Notre Dame, Indiana)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (African Studies) and The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Land Tenure Center

Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States

Duke University, African & African-American Studies (Durham, North Carolina)
Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs -- Institute for African Studies (Washington, DC)
Howard University--Center for African Studies -and- HU Home Page (Washington, DC)
Tulane University, Africana Studies (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars--Africa Program (Washington, DC)
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
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Africana 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
University of Texas at Austin--African & African American Studies -and- Climate Change and African Political Stability (Austin, Texas)

Canada

United Kingdom

Africa Research Institute (London, UK)
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
London School of Economics and Political Science: Crisis States Research Network (London, UK)
--See also: Africa at LSE blog
Oxford University -- African Studies Centre -and- Centre for the Study of African Economies (Oxford, UK)
Royal African Society (London, UK)
SOAS: School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK (Centre of African Studies)
University of Birmingham, UK
University of Bristol, UK -- Centre for Black Humanities
University of Edinburgh, UK

Western Europe

Africa Museum--Research Institute, Tervuren, Belgique
Afrika-Studiecentrum = African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Bayreuth University--Institut für Afrikastudien (Bayreuth, Germany)
Bonn International Center for Conversion (Bonn, Germany)
Catholic University of Leuven -- Institute for Anthropological Research on Africa, Belgium
Centre d'études en science sociales sur les mondes africains, américains, et asiatiques -- CESSMA, Afrique et l'Océan Indien (Paris, France)
Centre for African Studies, Basel, Switzerland
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 África, Ásia e América Latina, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade 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)
German Institute of Global and Global Studies -- Institut für Afrika-Kunde (Hamburg, Germany)
Ghent University, Belgium (African Languages & Cultures) -and- Gents Afrika Platform
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin--Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Germany
Institut des mondes africains (Paris, France)
Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) sur l'Afrique subsaharienne -et- sur le Maghreb (Paris, France)
Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) sur l'Afrique subsaharienne -et- sur le Maghreb (Paris, France)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut fur Afrikanistik (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)
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet = The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
Universidade do Porto, Portugal: Centro de Estudos Africanos
Universita degli studi di Napoli, Italy--"L'Orientale" (Central, North, & Northeast Africa, Middle East, and Asian Studies)
Universität Basel, Centre for African Studies -and- Centre of Competence on Africa (Basel, Switzerland)
Universität Bielefeld, Transnationalisation and Development Research Centre (Bielefeld, Germany) (African, Latin American, and Asian studies)
Universität Hamburg, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Abteilung für Afrikanistik und Äthiopistik -and- Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies (Hamburg, 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 Afrikawissenschaften (Vienna, Austria)
Université Bordeaux, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM) Sciences Po (Bordeaux, France)
Université de Genève, Suisse, Département d'Anthropologie & d'Ecologie (Geneva, Switzerland)
Université Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne: Centre d'études des mondes africains Paris I (France)
Université Paris Dauphine: DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation) Paris 10 (France)
Université Paris Diderot: Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains, et asiatiques--CESSMA Paris 7 (France)
Université de Provence, Centre d'Etudes des Mondes Africains (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

West Africa

Eastern and Central Africa; & the Indian Ocean Islands

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Africa Policy Institute (Nairobi, Kenya)
African Population & Health Research Center, Inc. (Nairobi, Kenya)
Aga Khan University--Graduate School of Media and Communications, Nairobi, Kenya
Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan
Ambo University (Ambo, Ethiopia)
Amoud University (Borama, Awdal, Somaliland)
Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Bahr Dar University, Bahr Dar, Ethiopia
Bishop Stuart University, Mbarara, Uganda
Busoga University, Iganga, Uganda
Carnegie Mellon University-Africa, Kigali, Rwanda
Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, Uganda
Chuka University College, Chuka, Kenya
Dedan Kamithi University of Technology (Nyeri, Kenya)
East African School of Library & Information Science, Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda)
East African University (Kitengela, Kenya)
Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Egerton University, Egerton, Kenya
Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kisumu City, Kenya
Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia formerly Alemaya University of Agriculture
Indian Ocean University, Mogadishu, Somalia
IFRA Nairobi: Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (Nairobi, Kenya)
Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University
Institute of Kiswahili Studies = Taasisi ya Taaluma za Kiswahili, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (Bondo, Siaya, Kenya)
Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (Juja, Nairobi, Kenya)
Kampala International University (Kampala, Uganda)
Kampala University (Kampala, Uganda)
Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Kyambogo University, Kyambogo, Uganda
Makerere Institute of Social Research (Kampala, Uganda)
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Kakamega, Kenya)
Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Mbarara, Uganda)
Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda
Mwenge University College of Education, Moshi, Tanzania
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)
Technical University of Mombasa
St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza Affiliated with the Catholic Church.
St. John's University of Tanzania, Dodoma Affiliated with The Anglican Church of Tanzania.
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania
Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya Affiliated with Opus Dei.
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
Université du Burundi, Bujumbura
Université catholique de l'Afrique centrale, Yaoundé, Cameroun
Université catholique de Bukavu, République démocratique du Congo
Université catholique du Congo, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
Université de Djibouti (Djibouti)
Université de Dschang, Cameroun
Université de Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Université de Kisangani, République démocratique du Congo
Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs, Goma, République démocratique du Congo
Université de Lubumbashi, République démocratique du Congo
Université de Mahajanga, Madagascar
Université de Mbujimayi, République démocratique du Congo
Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon
Université Protestante au Congo, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
Université de la Réunion (Saint-Dénis, Réunion ; France)
Université de Toamasina, Madagascar
Université de Toliara, Madagascar
Université de Yaoundé II (Yaoundé, Cameroun)
University of Buea, Cameroon
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
University of Dodoma, Tanzania
University of Gondar, Ethiopia
University of Hargeisa, Somaliland
University of Juba, South Sudan
University of Khartoum, The Sudan
University of Mauritius, Réduit
University of Nairobi, Kenya
University of Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda)
University of Somalia (Mogadishu)
Zanzibar University, Tanzania

Southern Africa

Latin America

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul--Centro Brasiliero de Estudos Africanos (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil

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
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (Africa Research Cluster)
Zhejiang Normal University, China (Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China) Institute of African Studies