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Programs 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.

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Summer 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.

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Watch the 23rd Annual MLK Jr. Social Justice Lecture & Award!

Prof. 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
Nov 8, 2024 at - | W.E.B. Du Bois College House, Multipurpose Room
3900 Walnut St
University of Pennsylvania

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
Nov 12, 2024 at - | Max Kade, Room 329-A
3401 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania

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
Nov 13, 2024 at | The Rotunda
4014 Walnut St
University of Pennsylvania

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…