The Center for Africana Studies is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of the peoples of Africa and their diasporas.
Our intellectual work and programing highlight the impact of Africa and the African diasporas on humanity. Through its research, academic initiatives and public programming, the Center’s work seeks to explore the profound ways in which African peoples have functioned on a global scale and how their experiences have resonated around the world throughout history.
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Anticolonial Intimacies and Black Feminist Refusal: Theorizing from the Miskitu Coast
Africana Lecture Series: Afro-Latinx
Dr. Melanie White
Melanie White is an interdisciplinary Black Studies scholar and cultural historian of Caribbean Central America. She is currently an ACLS Fellow and Assistant Professor of Afro-Caribbean Studies in the Department of…
Understanding the Recent Wave of Military Coups in West Africa
Brown Bag Series
Marc Papé
The most recent headlines out of Africa have been dominated by the third wave of military coups in the “Francophone” African region of mainly West Africa. Indeed, it is reported that “eight governments have been…
Designing Blackness in Brazil: Future of the Museum
Tukufu Zuberi, Vanicléia Silva-Santos, Jorge dos Anjos, Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, Igor Simões, Lorraine Mendes, Diane Lima, Renata Felinto, Gisele de Paula, Isabel Xavier, Jabari Zuberi, Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, Fernando Lara, Jasmine Johnson, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Ana Ozaki
“Designing Blackness in Brazil” will engage with new paradigms for museums that are inclusive, authentic, and dynamic. These sets of practices are marking a roadmap for curatorial practices that reflect and respect…