As part of our National Coordination efforts, we maintain a list of the African language programs in the U.S. This is an overview of African language programs and course offerings. This information changes often, please visit individual program websites for the most accurate information.
California
| Center for African Studies University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720 Phone: (510) 642-8338 Email: asc@berkeley.edu https://africa.berkeley.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Chichewa, Swahili, Wolof Previously offered: Afrikaans, Amharic, Bamana, Lingala, Malagasy, Shona, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://africa.berkeley.edu/academics/language-study |
| African Studies Center University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095 Phone: (310) 825-3686 Email: africa@international.ucla.edu https://www.international.ucla.edu/asc/home | Languages: Arabic, Swahili (I had a hard time verifying this) Previously offered: Afrikaans, Amharic, Hausa, Igbo, Tigrinya, Wolof, Yoruba, and Zulu |
| Center for African Studies Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 Phone: (650) 497-7688 Email: africanstudies@stanford.edu https://africanstudies.stanford.edu/ | Languages: Swahili Previously offered: Afrikaans, Amharic, Igbo, Kinyarwanda, Twi, Tigrigna, Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://language.stanford.edu/programs-languages/african-and-middle-eastern-languages |
Connecticut
| Council on African Studies Yale University New Haven, CT 06520 Email: africanstudies@yale.edu https://macmillan.yale.edu/africa | Languages: Swahili, Yoruba, and Zulu For more information visit: https://macmillan.yale.edu/africa |
Florida
| Center for African Studies University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611-5560 Phone: (352) 392-2183 https://africa.ufl.edu/ | Languages: Akan, Hausa, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://africa.ufl.edu/academics-programs/african-languages/afli/languages/ |
Georgia
| African Studies Institute University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Phone: (706) 542-5314 asi@uga.edu https://afrstu.uga.edu/ | Languages: Amharic, Swahili, Yoruba To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://afst.franklin.uga.edu/languages |
| Africana Studies Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 30460 Phone: 912-478-5387 Email: africana@georgiasouthern.edu https://www.georgiasouthern.edu/cah/africana/ | Languages: Yoruba |
Illinois
| Center for African Studies University of Illinois - Champaign Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 333-6335 Email: african@illinois.edu https://afrst.illinois.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Swahili To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://afrst.illinois.edu/academics/african-languages-program |
| Program of African Studies Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208 Phone: (847) 491-7323 Email: african-studies@northwestern.edu https://africanstudies.northwestern.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Swahili |
Indiana
| African Studies Program Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: (812) 855-8284 Email: afrist@iu.edu https://africanstudies.indiana.edu/ | Languages: Akan/Twi, Bamana, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, Zulu, Kinyarwanda |
Iowa
| African American Studies University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: (319) 335-0285 https://africanamericanstudies.uiowa.edu/ |
Kansas
| African & African-American Studies University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 Phone: (785) 864-3054 Email: afs@ku.edu https://afs.ku.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Haitian-Creole, KiSwahili, Wolof To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://afs.ku.edu/degrees |
| African Studies Center University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 Phone: (785) 864-3745 Email: kasc@ku.edu https://kasc.ku.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Amharic, Hausa, KiSwahili, Somali, Wolof To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://kasc.ku.edu/languages-offered |
Louisiana
| African and African American Studies Program Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 Phone: (225) 578-5246 Email: aaas@lsu.edu https://www.lsu.edu/hss/aaas/ |
Maryland
| Africana Studies Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218 Phone: 410-516-6385 Email: africana.studies@jhu.edu https://krieger.jhu.edu/africana/ |
Massachusetts
| African Studies Center Boston University Boston, MA 02215 Email: ascinfo@bu.edu https://www.bu.edu/africa/ | Languages: Arabic, Amharic, Hausa, Igbo, Swahili, Wolof, Xhosa, Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://www.bu.edu/africa/forstudents/alp/ |
| African and African American Studies Harvard University Boston, MA 02138 Email:aaas@fas.harvard.edu https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/ | Languages:Afrikaans, Amharic, Bamanankan, Bemba, Cape Verdean Creole, Chichewa, Dinka, Ge’ez, Gikuyu, Gullah, Haitian Creole, Hassaniyah, Hausa, Ibibio, Igbo, Jamaican Patois, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Krio, Lingala, Luganda, Malagasy, Oromo, Pulaar, Setswana, Shona, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Tigrinya, Tshiluba, Twi, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://alp.fas.harvard.edu/program |
Michigan
| African Studies Center Michigan State University East Lansing MI 48824-1035 Phone: (517) 353-1700 Email: africa@msu.edu https://africa.isp.msu.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Amharic, Hausa, Igbo, Swahili, Wolof, Xhosa, Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: |
Minnesota
| African American and African Studies University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN 55455 Phone: (612) 624-9847 Email: aaas@umn.edu https://cla.umn.edu/aaas | Languages: Swahili, Somali, Arabic To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://cla.umn.edu/aaas/languages |
Missouri
| African and African-American Studies Program Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 Phone: (314) 935-5631 Email: afas@wustl.edu https://afas.wustl.edu/ |
New Jersey
| Center for African Studies Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: (848) 445-6638 Email: chika.okoye@rutgers.edu https://ruafrica.rutgers.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Swahili, Yoruba, Twi |
New Mexico
| Africana Studies University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 Phone: (505) 277-5644 Email: cbeck@unm.edu https://africanastudies.unm.edu/ |
New York
| Institute of African Studies Columbia University New York City, NY 10027 Phone: (212) 854-4633 Email: ias.columbia.media@gmail.com https://ias.columbia.edu/ | Languages: Swahili, wolof, zulu, Yoruba To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://ias.columbia.edu/content/academics |
| Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Hunter College New York, NY 10021 Phone: 212-772-5035 Email: bsaunder@hunter.cuny.edu https://hunter.cuny.edu/artsci/africana-and-puerto-rican-latino-studies/ | |
| Africana Studies and Research Center Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14856 Phone: (607) 255-4625 https://africana.cornell.edu/ | Languages: Swahili, Yoruba, Zulu, Arabic, Wolof To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://africana.cornell.edu/undergraduate |
Ohio
| African Studies Program Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701 Phone: (740) 593-1832 Email: african.studies@ohio.edu https://www.ohio.edu/cas/african-american-studies | Languages: Akan, Arabic, Swahili, Wolof To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://www.ohio.edu/cas/african-american-studies |
| Department of African American & African Studies Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: (614) 292-3700 https://aaas.osu.edu/ | |
| Department of Pan-African Studies Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242 Phone: (330) 672-2300 Email: dpas@kent.edu https://www.kent.edu/afs | Languages: Kiswahili |
| Program of African Studies Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208 Phone: (847) 491-7323 Email: african-studies@northwestern.edu https://africanstudies.northwestern.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, swahili |
| Africana Studies University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 https://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/africana-studies.html |
Oregon
| African Studies University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-5206 Phone: 541-346-2829 Email: africa@uoregon.edu https://socialsciences.uoregon.edu/african-studies | Languages: Swahili, Arabic To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://socialsciences.uoregon.edu/african-studies |
Pennsylvania
| African Studies Center University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: (215) 898-6971 Email: africana@sas.upenn.edu https://www.africa.upenn.edu/ | Languages: Yoruba, Swahili, Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://www.africa.upenn.edu/languages |
| Africology and African-American Studies Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 Phone: (215) 204-8491 Email: Liberal-arts-africology-african-american-studies@temple.edu https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/africology-and-african-american-studies |
Texas
| Center for African & African American Studies University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX 78705 Phone: (512) 471-1784 Email: blackstudies@austin.utexas.edu https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/caaas/ | Languages: Yoruba |
Wisconsin
| African Studies Program University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-2380 Email: asp@africa.wisc.edu https://africa.wisc.edu/ | Languages: Arabic, Hausa, Swahili, Yoruba, Wolof, Zulu To see the most accurate listing of language offerings visit: https://africa.wisc.edu/academics/african-languages/ |