The Africana Studies Concentration is an interdisciplinary concentration that examines the cultures, histories, and politics of African peoples on the African continent and throughout the African diaspora. The Africana Studies concentration teaches students to use diverse historical, political, ethnographic, artistic, and literary forms of analysis. Through these interdisciplinary studies, students trace the historical and cultural connections between Africa and the rest of the world, and explore their importance for African peoples and the nature of modern global society.
About the Program
Student Work
Faculty Members and Associates
Director:
Helen Epstein
Faculty:
Daniel Williams
Yuka Suzuki
Wendy Urban-Mead
Tabetha Ewing
Sayeeda Moreno
Susan Aberth
Souleymane Badolo
Peter Rosenblum
Peter L'Official
Nuruddin Farah
Lloyd Hazvineyi
Kwame Holmes
Jomaira Salas Pujols
John Ryle
Helen Epstein
Donna Grover
Dinaw Mengestu
Dina Ramadan
Christian Crouch
Ziad Dallal
Youssef Ait Benasser
Yarran Hominh
Victor Apryshchenko
Thomas Chatterton Williams
Sarah Dunphy-Lelii
Sanjay De Silva
Robert Tynes
Robert Cioffi
Kobena Mercer
John Esposito
Jennifer Phillips
Luis Chavez
Ibrahim Elhoudaiby
Felicia Keesing
Erin Atwell
Ephraim Asili
Drew Thompson
Dawn Lundy Martin
Helen Epstein
Faculty:
Daniel Williams
Yuka Suzuki
Wendy Urban-Mead
Tabetha Ewing
Sayeeda Moreno
Susan Aberth
Souleymane Badolo
Peter Rosenblum
Peter L'Official
Nuruddin Farah
Lloyd Hazvineyi
Kwame Holmes
Jomaira Salas Pujols
John Ryle
Helen Epstein
Donna Grover
Dinaw Mengestu
Dina Ramadan
Christian Crouch
Ziad Dallal
Youssef Ait Benasser
Yarran Hominh
Victor Apryshchenko
Thomas Chatterton Williams
Sarah Dunphy-Lelii
Sanjay De Silva
Robert Tynes
Robert Cioffi
Kobena Mercer
John Esposito
Jennifer Phillips
Luis Chavez
Ibrahim Elhoudaiby
Felicia Keesing
Erin Atwell
Ephraim Asili
Drew Thompson
Dawn Lundy Martin
Reflecting on the Moment
Conversations on Racial Equity and Justice
Drew Thompson, assistant professor of Africana and Historical Studies and director of Africana Studies, and Dariel Vasquez ’17, cofounder and codirector of Brothers@Bard and Brothers@, speak about the role of mentorship and the university in the wake of the global pandemic and police brutality.