West African Research Center/Centre De Recherche Ouest Africain (WARC/CROA) [Dakar, Senegal]The West African Research Center (WARC) is the overseas research center for the West African Research Association (WARA). It is located in Dakar, Senegal. WARC is a center for academic exchange between American and West African scholars that encourages research on the region of West Africa.
It is a member of the Council of American Research Centers with headquarters at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C