Program Requirements and Opportunities

The 非洲研究 Program is an interdisciplinary, 学科间的, and decolonial intellectual; philosophical; and political project that centers the histories, 语言, 政治, religions/spiritualities and oral & expressive cultures of Black peoples/communities throughout Africa and the African diasporas. Africana studies considers how racial blackness, and the concept of race itself, influences the development of the modern world. We investigate the social, 历史, cultural and aesthetic works and practices of populations of African-descent throughout the diaspora.

The 非洲研究 program values a range of research and course foci, including forced or choiced migration, 非殖民化, political economy and globalization, 反黑人种族歧视, 机构权力, 压迫, 遗产, 快乐, 电阻, 和解放. These topics encourage students to appreciate and critique the multiplicity of what Blackness is, while creating visions for all that it can be. We are committed to speaking truth to power and working to redistribute power equitably and justly, ensuring that students have tools to examine their own positionality, 导航系统, 效果变化.The interdisciplinary nature of our program affords students the opportunity to experience a vast exploration of the lives, 知识体系, and cultures of Africa and African descendants throughout the world. 

Students are encouraged to begin their work in the 非洲研究 Program by taking any 一个 of six gateway courses: 

HST B102: Introduction to African Civilizations (Ngalamulume)

AFST B102: Introduction to 非洲研究 (López Oro)

AFST B202: Black/Queer/Diaspora (López Oro)

AFST B204: #BlackLivesMatterEverywhere: Theories & Ethnographies on the African Diaspora (López Oro)

AFST B206: Black Latinx Américas: Movements, Politics, and Cultures (López Oro)

AFST B234: Advancing Racial Justice: Engaging with Community Organizations (Bailey)

AFST B300: Black Women’s Studies (López Oro)

The required gateway course provides students with an intellectual experience in multiple disciplines as well as the foundations for subsequent courses in 非洲研究. The course should be completed by the end of the student’s junior year. We also encourage our Minors to also take the following cross-listed courses as part of their academic training in the field of Black Studies:

ARCH B101: Introduction to Egyptian and Near Eastern Archaeology (Bradbury)

ARTD B138: Hip Hop Lineages (J一个s)

ENGL B247: Introduction to 20th Century African American Literature (Alston)

ENGL B356: Black Britain (Flower)

ENGL B372: Black Ecofeminism(s): Critical Approaches (Alston)

EDUC B200: Community Learning Collaborative: Practicing Partnership (Wilson)

EDUC B266: Geographies of School and Learning: Urban Education Reconsidered (Wilson)

HIST B243: Atlantic Cultures: Maroon Communities New World (Gallup-Diaz)