Bachelor of Arts - Africana Studies

The Africana Studies program provides students with an integrated understanding and appreciation for the African, African American, Caribbean, and other African Diaspora experiences in their diverse dimensions. The interdisciplinary program seeks to study history and address the marginalization of Africa and African diasporas placed in history while simultaneously seeking to provide diverse intellectual experience in American higher education.

The program has been developed to provide many perspectives and address four pillars of education, including Africa and sub-Saharan Africa; African diaspora in the United States; North Africa and Islamic histories in Africa; Afro-Latin experiences. These four pillars will collectively touch on African effects on the continent as a whole, specifically the history, politics, culture, social structures, gender, religion, and economic structures.