About Project Sponsors
The African Studies Center at Michigan State University is a coordinating office for the approximately 160 faculty who have expertise in various fields about Africa. The faculty are engaged in nearly 100 projects of research and development about Africa (see http://africa.msu.edu/research.php) and are able to offer 30 African languages for graduate study of Africa. For almost 20 years, MSU has produced more Ph.D. dissertations on Africa than any other North American higher education institution.
MATRIX: Center for the Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University is a pioneering research center devoted to the application of new technologies in humanities and social science teaching and research. MATRIX strives to use Internet technologies to improve education and increase the democratic flow of information throughout the world. By merging research in new computing technologies with research in the humanities, MATRIX develops online educational and academic resources, provides training in computing and Internet-enhanced pedagogy, and creates forums for the exchange of ideas and expertise in the humanities and in new education technologies. MATRIX has focused on many projects in and about Africa, including Diversity and Tolerance in the Islam of West Africa, the Africa Online Digital Library, Africa Past and Present podcasts, South Africa National Cultural Heritage Project, and others.