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Image of Dorothy Roberts: Courtesy of MacArthur Fellows Program

PIK and Africana Studies Professor Dorothy Roberts named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow
Cover for Wale Adebanwi Omnia feature

CFAS Director Wale Adebanwi featured in Omnia
Headshot of Professor Barbara Savage flanked by her two awards.

Professor Barbara Savage Wins Two New Book Awards
The O’Jays performing in 1970. Signed to Gamble and Huff’s Philadelphia International label, the O’Jays emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with “Back Stabbers” and “Love Train.” (Image: Michael Ochs Archives)

Carol Muller featured in Omnia Podcast: Deep Listening and The Sound of Philadelphia
Cover for "How to Become a Big Man in Africa: Subalternity, Elites, and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Nigeria" by Wale Adebanwi

Prof. Wale Adebanwi Publishes New Book: "How to Become a Big Man in Africa: Subalternity, Elites, and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Nigeria"
Headshot of Tukufu Zuberi

Africana Studies Professor, Tukufu Zuberi, among those spotlighted in PennToday’s “Four academic journeys explored”
Nelson Mandela smiling

Nelson Mandela International Day
A cartoon South African musician playing a trumpet, created by Dante Zaballa

Carol Muller Contributes to NYT Article, "5 Minutes That Will Make You Love South African Jazz"
On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. (center left with arms raised) marches along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., with other civil rights protestors carrying placards, from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. (Image: AP Photo)

The Civil Rights Act at 60
A young Black man stands in front of brightly coloured cityscape, with two other African diasporic figures to his right and left staring into different landcapes. Illustration By Stephanie Singleton

"Seizing the Moment" - OMNIA Article Published about Africana Studies at Penn