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Professor Roberts stands at a podium mid-speech.

Photos from The 23rd Annual MLK Jr. Social Justice Lecture & Award

January 26, 2024

ASALH Logo for 2024

Professor Barbara D. Savage's Book Becomes Finalist for ASALH Book Prize

January 24, 2024

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MLK Day Interview with Prof. Marcia Chatelain | Evening WURDS with Dr. James Peterson

January 24, 2024

Headshot of Rosie Poku

2nd-year graduate student, Rosie Poku writes book review in African Studies Quarterly

December 11, 2023

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

November 27, 2023

A photo of Teya Campbell

Congratulating our Associate Director, Teya Campbell

November 14, 2023

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

November 13, 2023

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"

November 10, 2023

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"

November 6, 2023

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

November 6, 2023

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Africana Studies
3401 Walnut Street, Suite 331A
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228

africana@sas.upenn.edu
Phone: 215.898.4965
Intramural Building Code: 6228

Tukufu Zuberi
Interim Department Chair

Keisha-Khan Perry
Graduate Chair

Marcia Chatelain
Undergraduate Chair

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