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From left to right: Dr. Camille Z. Charles, Dean Jeffrey Kallberg, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, and First Lady Fatima Jabbe-Bio Sierra Leone.

Photos from The 3rd Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies
Britain’s Prince William presents an award to Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati, a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania from Oman, during the Diana Legacy Award, at the Science Museum in London, on March 14, 2024. (Image: Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP)

2023 Summer Institute Cohort Gobhanu Korisepati Receives 2024 Legacy Award
Kelly Harris (right) speaks with students at a convention for high school students in New Jersey in May 2022.

Think you can’t do anything to curb gun violence in Philadelphia? Think again.
Headshot of Grace Sanders Johnson next to the announcement of her PJGA Honorable Mention.

Grace Sanders Johnson Wins Honorable Mention for Paula J. Giddings Best Article Award
Cover for “White Gloves, Black Nation" Becomes 2024 Pauli Murray Book Prize Finalist

“White Gloves, Black Nation" Becomes 2024 Pauli Murray Book Prize Finalist
Prof. Barbara D. Savage wins ASALH Best Book Prize for 2024

Professor Barbara D. Savage wins 2024 ASALH Book Prize
Mathias with the headline "PhD student, Mathias Chukwudi Isiani, becomes Penn Grad Talks Finalist" above him and the Penn Grad Talks logo below.

PhD student, Mathias Chukwudi Isiani, becomes Penn Grad Talks Finalist
Photo of Mathias Chukwudi Isiani in an urban setting.

PhD student, Mathias Chukwudi Isiani, has review published in African Studies Quarterly
from left: Herman Beavers, Tracie Morris, Amber Rose Johnson

Herman Beavers & Amber Rose Johnson of Africana Studies join Tracie Morris on PoemTalk
The headshots of Heather Williams and Dorothy Robert, respectively, side-by-side.

Black Women Law Scholars Cite Two Influential Works by Africana Scholars at UPenn