WARA | caorc

Nov 14

CAORC Announces Awards for the 2025 Overseas Faculty Development Seminar in Senegal

The Council for American Overseas Research Centers has announced the 2024 awards for faculty to participate in an Overseas Faculty...

Mar 8

New Grant Opportunity for Undergrad and Master's Students from the West African Research Association

WARC Immersive Career Development Fellowship (WICD) The West African Research Association (WARA) is a non-profit membership organization...

Jul 12, 2022

CAORC-WARC Faculty Development Seminar to Senegal Accepting Applications

This faculty development seminar to Senegal is now accepting applications with a deadline of August 31, 2022.

Mar 4, 2022

Launch of the Archaeology Exhibit in Senegal

On Wednesday, Feb 3rd the West African Research Center (WARC) opened its doors to the public to attend an innovative exhibit offered by...

Feb 1, 2021

CAORC Faculty Development Seminars

CAORC is accepting applications for faculty development seminars with a deadline of August 30, 2021.

Aug 7, 2020

Finding the Musical Connections between West Africa and Latin America

Senegal seminar participant Verny Varela highlights the musical connections between West Africa and Colombia, where he was born and raised.

Jul 7, 2020

Broad as a Baobab Trunk: Lessons from Senegal

Senegal participant Rebecca Jacobs-Pollez explains how the legendary baobab tree helped her better understand the country and its people.

May 19, 2020

Trans-Atlantic Memories: Senegal’s Hip-Hop Griots and the Black Radical Tradition

Faculty seminar participant Kimberly Monroe reflects on the deep musical and cultural traditions that live on in Senegal's hip-hop artists.

May 1, 2020

Senegal’s Diversity Is Its Way of Life—and Its Future

Faculty seminar participant Hoa Nguyen discusses how Senegal’s cultural and geographic diversity may be the key to its future prosperity.

Apr 6, 2020

Awakening to Africa's Brilliance

Anita Gaul, participant in the Senegal faculty seminar, conveys how the experience transformed her understanding of West Africa.

Mar 28, 2019

Teaching through Being: Faculty Development and Experiential Learning in Senegal

Sippo Island, Toubakouta, Senegal In this essay, Stephanie Lovett, a 2019 participant in CAORC’s faculty development seminar to Senegal,...

Dec 4, 2018

The World We Don’t Know—Reflections on the Importance of Global Education

The docks of Liverpool, where England defined its role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade with the Americas and West Africa. In this...