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Dorothy Roberts sits beside the cover of her book “Torn Apart” The logo for Ms. Magazine is placed in the left corner, and “Book Club” rests in the right corner.

Professor of Africana Studies, Dorothy Roberts, Hosts a Podcast about Family Policing
A headshot of Grace Sanders Johnson

Grace Sanders Johnson Earns Honor for “White Gloves, Black Nation”
The front cover of the book "Black Modernisms in the Transatlantic World" by Huey Copeland. It is the title of the book in yellow lettering atop smeared horizontal painted lines.

Huey Copeland receives the 2024 Porter/Driskell Award in African American Art History
A photo of Teya Campbell

Congratulating our Associate Director, Teya Campbell
Register now to attend “Reparatory Justice: The Great Political Movement of the 21st Century” on Monday, November 20th at 5:30, in the Fitts Auditorium at Penn Carey Law or online.

Attend Sir Hilary Beckles' - "Reparatory Justice: The Great Political Movement of the 21st Century"
Register now to attend the lecture “The African Condition: Progress and Challenges” with George Kieh on Tuesday, November 14th at 5:30, at the Max Kade Center or online.

Attend George Kieh's - "The African Condition: Progress and Challenges"
Newsletter cover titled: Africana Studies Annual Newsletter, November 2023. Underneath the title, the names of prominent figures featured in the newsletter are listed: President of Botswana, VP of Nigeria, Nobel Laureate Role Soyinka, 1619 Project Founder Nikole Hannah-Jones. Four small photos of the aforementioned figures are positioned at either side of the cluster of names. A large photo of President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana taking a selfie with Africana students and staff fills most of the page.

Read our Inaugural Annual Newsletter
The Annual Senghor-Damas-Césaire Lecturen with Wales Adebanwi, Ph. D. Thursday, Nov.2 from 5-6:30PM at Flakey Library’s Speaker’s Corner.

The CFAS Director Wale Adebanwi Featured at the Annual Senghor-Damas-Césaire Lecture
5:30PM, this Wednesday on November 1st, 2023, come to the Max Kade Center at Penn or join online for “To Defend This Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua” with Courtney Morris.

Attend Courtney Morris' - "To Defend This Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua"
Charisse Burden-Stelly, Tukufu Zuberi, and Molefi Asante sit together during a debate.

Africana Studies Celebrates 50th Anniversary