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African Language Program Inventory

Swahili:

Baylor University
Department of Modern Foreign Languages
P.O. Box 97391
Waco, TX 76798
Tel: (254) 710-3711
Fax: (254) 710-3799
Website: http://www.baylor.edu/~Arts_Sciences/departments.html
Contact Person: Manuel.J. Ortuno, Ph.D

Boston University
African Language Program
African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: (617) 353-7305
Fax: (617) 353-4975
Website: http://www.bu.edu/afr
Contact Person: John Hutchison, hutch@acs.bu.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced, Elementary
Intensive

California State University, Chico
African Studies
400 W First Street
Chico, CA 95929
Tel: (530) 898-4636
Website: http://hyperion.csuchico.edu/catalog/cat97/inst/min
Contact Person: Web subject directories
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate


Columbia University
Institute of African Studies
1103 SIPA
420 West 118th Street
New York City, NY 10027
Tel: (212) 854-5651
Fax: (212) 854-5651
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/IAS/
Contact Person: Director: Mahmood Mamdani, Assistant Director: Ngozi Amu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced

Indiana University
African Studies Program
Woodburn Hall 221
Bloomington, IN 47405
Tel: (812) 855-6825
Fax: (812) 855-6734
Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~afrist/courses.htm
Contact Person: John H. Hanson, jhhanson@indiana.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced


Johns Hopkins University
Language Teaching Center
Krieger 511
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel: (410) 516-4466
Fax: (410) 516-8008
Website: http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~ltc/index.html
Levels of language instruction: Elementary

Kent State University
Department of Pan-African Studies
Kent, Ohio 44242
Tel: (330) 672-2444
Website: http://www.kent.edu/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary

Louisiana State University
African and African American Studies Program
126 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Tel: (225) 388-1645
Fax: (225) 388-5102
E-Mail: socdua@lsu.edu
Contact Person: Thomas J. Durant, Jr., Ph.D., Director
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate

Michigan State University
African Studies Center
East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Tel: (517) 353-1700
Fax: (517) 432-1209
Website: http://www.isp.msu.edu//AfricanStudies/asc_side.htm
Contact Person: Director: Prof. David Wiley, Assistant Director: Yacob Fisseha, Ph.D.
Levels of language instruction: available on demand

Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
633 Clark St.
Evanston, IL 60208
Tel: (847) 491-3741
Website: http://nuinfo.nwu.edu/african-studies/Courses.htm
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

Ohio University
Department of Linguistics
Gordy 383
Athens, OH 45701
Tel: (740) 593-4564
Fax: (740) 593-2967
Website: http://www.ohiou.edu/linguistics/dept/welcome.html
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

Ohio State University
Department of African-American & African Studies
486 University Hall
230 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614) 292-3700
Fax: (614) 292-2293
Website: http://aaas.ohio-state.edu/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate


Pennsylvania State University
Department of Comparative Literature
311 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: (814) 863-0589
Fax: (814) 863-8882
Website: http://www.la.psu.edu/complit/
Departmof Linguistics

Rutgers University
Department of Africana Studies
112 Beck Hall
Piscatawa, NJ 08854-8040
Tel: (732) 445-3334
Fax: (732) 445-0076
Website: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edunn/dept/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

St. Lawrence University
African Studies
23 Romoda Drive
Canton, NY 13617
Tel: (315) 229-5011
Website: http://web.stlawu.edu/academics.html
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

Samford University
Critical Languages Program
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Birmingham, AL 35229-2298
Tel: (205) 726-2747
Website: http://www.samford.edu
Contact Person: Dr. Myralyn Allgood, Director, e-mail: mfallgoo@samford.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate


Stanford University
Center for African Studies
Building 240, Room 104
Stanford, CA 94305-2152
Tel: (650) 723-0295
Fax: (650) 723-8528
Website: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/AFR/
Contact Person: email: Christine Capper
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

University of Alabama- Tuscaloosa
The Critical Languages Center
Box 870246
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0246
Tel: (205) 348-7152
Fax: (205) 348-2042
Website: http://main.uab.edu/show.asp
Contact person: Professor Ronald R. Robel, Director
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate on demand

University of California at Berkeley
Department of Linguistics
1206 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, California 94720-2650
Tel: (510) 642-6000
Website: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/CBOLD/Docs/TLSinfo.html
Contact person: (dept. office): Larry Hyman email: hyman@socrates.berkeley.edu
Jeff Good email:jcgood@socrates.berkeley.edu

University of California at Los Angeles
Department of Linguistics
3125 Campbell Hall
Box 951543
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543
Tel: (310) 825-0634
Website: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/linguistics
Contact person: (dept. office): linguist@humnet.ucla.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced


University of California at San Diego
Department of Linguistics
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093
Tel: (858) 534-2230
Contact person: Linda G. Murphy, lmurphy@ucsd.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary

University of Cincinnati
African Studies
2624 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
Tel: (513) 556-6000
Website: http://www.uc.edu/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary


University of Florida
Center for African Studies
427 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5560
Tel: (352) 392-2183
Fax: (352) 393-2435
Website: http://www.africa.ufl.edu/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate

University of Georgia
African Studies Program
218 Joseph Brown Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Tel: (706) 542-5314
Fax: (706) 542-2155
Website: http://www.uga.edu/afrstu/course.htm
Contact Person: Dr. Lioba Moshi, Director, (706) 542-2133, moshi@uga.cc.uga.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
4088 Foreign Language Building
African Language Program
707 South Mathews Avenue, MC-168
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: (217) 333-3563
Fax: (217) 333-3466
Website: http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/index.html
Contact Person: deptling@uiuc.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

University of Iowa
African American World Studies Program
436 English-Philosophy Building
Iowa City, IA 52242
Tel: (319) 335-0317
Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~afriam/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate

University of Kansas
African & African-American Studies
104 Lippincott Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045-2107
Tel: (785) 864-3054
Website: http://www.ukans.edu/~afs/
Contact Person: Dr. Peter Ukpokodu, Chair
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Department of Afro-American & African Studies
Afro-American & African Studies, Department of
Tel: (612) 624-9847
Website: http://www.afroam.umn.edu/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

University of New Mexico
African American Studies
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel: (505) 277-0111
Website: http://www.unm.edu/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary

University of Pennsylvania
African Languages Program
African Studies Center
647 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: (215) 898-6971
Fax: (215) 573-8130
Website: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/afl
Contact Person: Alwiya S. Omar, asomar@babel.ling.upenn.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced & Intensive
(elementary, offered every spring and summer)


University of Richmond
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Richmond, VA 23173
Tel: (804) 289-8104
Fax: (804) 287-6446
Website: http://www.richmond.edu/~lang/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, self-instructional


University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of African Languages and Literature
1414 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: (608) 262-2487
Fax: (608) 265-4151
Website: http://african.lss.wisc.edu/all/
Contact Person: hauner@facstaff.wisc.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced

Washington University
African and afro-American Studies Program
Campus Box 11009
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Tel: (314) 935-5690
Fax: (314) 935-5631
Website: http://artsci.wustl.edu/~afas/
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate; there is also a summer program in Kenya that focuses on Swahili language and culture.

Williams College
Critical Languages Program
Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Weston Hall, 995 Main St.
Williamstown, MA 01267
Tel: (413) 597-3131
Website: http://www.williams.edu/home/acad.html
Levels of language instruction: Elementary

Yale University
Council on African Studies
34 Hillhouse Avenue
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206 USA
Tel: (203) 432-3436
Fax: (203) 432-5963
Website: http://www.yale.edu/ycpo/ycps/A-D/afstcourses.html
Contact Person: Sandra Sanneh, 432-1179, sandra.sanneh@yale.edu
Levels of language instruction: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced