U.C.L.A. Summer Seminar in African Area Studies

Abstract

The African Studies Center at U.C.L.A. has recently inaugurated an intensive 15-month seminar in African studies for 30 faculty members, nominated from I 5 out of the 75 institutions which applied to participate. The purpose of this programme, which is being financed by the U.S. Office of Education, is to encourage the growth of African studies in teacher education. The 15 participating colleges were selected on the basis of their commitment to introducing African studies or to expanding their existing courses. Each was asked to nominate two faculty members, in the conviction that by interacting with one another (as well as with administrators and other colleagues of their home institutions), two participants can do much more to stimulate African studies than could one person, acting singly. The U.C.L.A. seminar is being directed by Dr John Povey of the Department of English and Dr Michael Lofchie of the Department of Political Science; it has three distinct phases.