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.
Learn MoreSummer Institute for Pre-Freshmen
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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Upcoming Events
AFRICANA DANTES 2021
Creative Responses to the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
hosted by: Herman Beavers (Professor of English & African Studies, Director of Civic House), with general introduction by David Wallace (Center for Italian Studies)
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Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
BOOK TALK
Farah Jasmine Griffin
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Center for Africana Studies Faculty Research Colloquium
ft.. Mia Bay
Mia Bay, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair in American History, University of Pennsylvania
