A leading research institution in the heart of #Boston. Follow us to hear about all things BU! 📧: social@bu.edu | Community Guidelines: https://t.co/cPNpl2qJUw Welcome to Boston University. A leading research institution with over 34,000 students, 10,000+ faculty and staff, 300+ programs of study, $502+ million in research awards, three campuses, and one little bitty Boston terrier. That’s BU in a nutshell. WARA's mission is to invest in the upcoming generation of intellectual leaders in West Africa; to foster the production and dissemination of current research on West Africa and the diaspora; to promote scholarly exchange among West African scholars and institutions and their U.S. counterparts; to provide U.S. audiences with accurate information on West Africa and its diasporic communities; and to increase awareness of the critical place of West Africa in the global community. WARA is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), a consortium of 23 such centers. WARA is the only one in sub-Saharan Africa.