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REGISTER HEREPrograms on Africa
The Programs on Africa at the Center for Africana Studies provides members of the University of Pennsylvania, local, national, and international communities with information on faculty, researchers, activities, and programming on historical and contemporary Africa.
Learn MoreSummer Institute for Pre-First Years
This intensive one-week course of study is taught by standing Penn faculty and exposes students to major intellectual and cultural themes and currents in 19th, 20th, and 21st century African and African Diaspora studies.
Click to learn moreProf. Dorothy Roberts presented her lecture “Are Civil Rights Enough?”, had a riveting conversation with Prof. Marcia Chatelain, and was recognized for her prestigious research and activism.
Upcoming Events
Hot Wings & Hot Takes - Part 3
Presented by the Africana Studies UAB
The Africana Studies UAB is proud to announce that Hot Wings & Hot Takes PART 3 is coming soon!!!!!
Enjoy good food and lively conversation around the night’s burning topics.
Got any hot takes you…
The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento
Africana Lecture Series: Diaspora
Christen Smith
Join us as Prof. Christen Smith explores “The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento.”
Beatriz Nascimento was arguably one of the most influential Black radical thinkers of the 20th century. An historian…
Global African Cinema
African Narratives Film Series
This screening will feature 3 short films, In the Language of Our Mothers, Is It Because I'm A Girl, and Echoes From Home. The films' crews were made up of Penn students and students of the FilmAid Kenya film…
